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This is smooth muscle. It produces a wave of movement.
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What causes the movement of food through the large intestine?
Movement of food through the large intestine is caused by smooth muscle contraction called "peristalsis" the best way to describe this is to imagine how a snake moves its abdominal muscles to move.
Are there different type of muscles?
There are 3 types of muscles. Striped muscles are the ones that move the bones in your body, like your calf muscles, biceps and thigh muscles. You can feel them and see them. smooth muscles move food through your intestines and also help you swallow. Cardiac muscle is what your heart is made of, and it doesn't get tired.
What describes the ileum of the small intestine?
The ileum of the small intestine is directly attached to the large intestine. It forms the majority of the small intestine. It is C-shaped and short. It is the middle portion of the small intestine. It is at the beginning of the small intestine.
Which comes first on the grasshopper the small intestine or large intestine?
Food enters the small intestine first. It enters the duodenum in the small intestine.
Do earthworms have a large and small intestine?
Yes, an earthworm has a large intestine and a small intestine.
What is the wide tube of muscles connected to your small intestine?
These muscles are called the tunica muscularis.
Is muscle in the intestine voluntary or involuntary?
They are involuntary muscles.
Is the intestine voluntary or involuntary muscle?
They are involuntary muscles.
What MUSCLES VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT?
The voluntary muscles - those used for walking moving and speaking. As opposed to involuntary muscles such as those in your intestine or heart.
You control the movement of these muscles what are they?
Voluntary muscles vs involuntary muscles. Generally this refers to striated or skeletal muscles as opposed to the smooth muscle of the intestine or around blood vessels.
How would I know if the large intestine isn't working?
You would know, because your p**p comes from your large intestine. You have muscles to push it out.
When you die does the small intestine shrink?
No, the length increases. When you are alive, the muscles are contracted in folds, and when you die, these folds relax, expanding the small intestine.
What two ways are smooth muscles and heart muscles different from skeletal muscles?
cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary skeletal muscles are voluntary. smooths muscles are in you intestine and digestive tract usually cardiac muscles are in your heart skeletal muscles are connected to tendons and ligaments
What do the muscles in the small intestine do?
they squeez it through to the large intestine
Were does blood go to get nutrients?
the nutrients enter the blood in the small intestine. The lining of the small intestine is called the villi, that is were the blood is absorbed into the bloodstream
What is the effect of pilocarpine on intestine?
pilocarpine as a muscuranic agonist, increases tone and motility of intestinal muscles and of urinary tract and billiary duct's smooth muscles.
Is intestine a voluntary muscles?
It's involuntary, we cannot voluntary control our digestion, or the functions of our organs
