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Q: What muscles contract when you suck in your gut?
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Why are fiber useful?

Fibre helps the gut muscles to move the food along the gut. It makes the gut muscles work.


Do smooth muscles react quickly?

Generally not. The striated (skeletal muscles) usually act quickly. Smooth muscle is found in blood vessels and the gut and contract more slowly and tonically.


What happens during isokinetic exercise Muscles contract at a constant rate. Muscles contract and relax to move a joint. Muscles do not contract at all. Muscles contract with very little body movement.?

Muscles contract and relax to move a joint. ... Muscles contract at a constant rate. Muscles contract and relax to move a joint.


What muscle can do?

Muscles can contract and shorten


How do muscles contract and relax?

muscles contract and relax by bring about movements.


What two ways do muscles work?

They contract and relax


Why are muscles needed in the intestines?

move everything along


What happens if the papillary muscles fail to contract?

If the papillary muscles fail to contract the valves will prolapse. The papillary muscles are located in the ventricles and contract to prevent prolapse.


Can you ''suck in your gut '' in your first trimester an early second trimester of pregnancy?

If you are not "showing" very much you could probably suck your gut in for a little while, but it would be very hard to hold, especially when sitting down. If you are using the "suck your gut" method to hide your pregnancy, that probably isn't the best idea for you, and you should look into ways to break the news to your parents.


Which kind of muscle movement happens without you having to think about it?

Voluntary muscle movements are the result of conscious effort by the brain. Involuntary muscles such as the heart or smooth muscles in the gut and vascular system contract as a result of non-conscious brain activity or stimuli proceeding in the body to the muscle itself.Your answer: The heart and smooth muscles in the gut and vascular system (lungs) are muscles that work "without thinking about it" -- we call these "involuntary" muscles.


Can you contract your smooth and cardiac muscles on purpose?

Smooth Muscles can, but Cardiac Muscles can not.


Are nerves needed for muscles to contract?

Yes, without the nerves the muscles would be rendered useless. The muscles MUST have stimulation from somehwere in order to contract.