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Smooth muscle cells contract in response to fluid flow.
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Which kind of cell in the human body would have more mitochondria- a muscle cell or a skin cell?
Muscle cells have more mitochondria because they require more energy to contract than skin cells.
What tells muscles when to contract?
A Nerve cell tells a muscle when to contract.
What is the function of striated muscle cell?
To contract and shorten.
What is the part of the muscle fiber that allows the fiber to contract?
The sacromere with the proteins actin and myosin allow the muscle cell (fiber) to contract.
Which cell in human body contract and relax?
Muscle cells
Why does the muscle cell have a long shape?
The cell is long because the , muscle needs to stretch and contract when you use that muscle. Therefore it needs to be long in order to stretch.
What kind of cells in your body can contract?
Muscle cells contract, causing movement and our heartbeat.
Is a muscle cell a specialized cell?
A muscle cell is specialized to contract and relax in unison with other muscle cells in a muscle tissue when you want to move a certain muscle(controlled by your cerebrum). I hope this answers your question! Ciao!
Which kind of muscle fibers contract rapidly?
fast twitch
When a muscle contracts it does what?
In order for a muscle to contract, the brain sends a nerve impulse to the muscle it wants to contract. The nerve impulse triggers the potassium inside the muscle fiber cell to switch places with the calcium outside the cell wall, thereby feeding the cell and contracting the muscle. A second nerve impulse from the brain triggers the calcium to switch places with the potassium, releasing the contracted muscle.
Before a muscle cell can be stimulated to contract again what must occur?
Repolarization
What is the purpose of the sarcomere?
To contract when calcium ions are released into the muscle cell cytoplams.
