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When an animal runs along the ground by flexing some of its muscles what causes its muscles to contract?
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What causes the muscles of the uterus to contract?
Oxytocin.
What happens to your muscles when your joint is bent?
When a joint is bent, the muscles around that joint contract and shorten. This causes the joint to move, resulting in the bending or flexing of the joint. The specific muscles involved and the degree of contraction depend on the joint and the movement being performed.
What ist the process called that causes the cell to contract or shorten?
This process is called contraction. Muscles shorten or contract to produce movement.
What type of muscle tissue causes vasoconstriction?
Skeletal muscles
What happens to the chest cavity when your breathing?
Under normal inspiration the chest wall stays relatively still, only the abdomen moves because of diaphragmatic motion. However, when you take a deep breath the intercostal muscles and the scalene muscles contract. This causes the chest wall to expand outward(due to the intercostals) and move upwards(due to the scalenes).
What protein causes muscles to contract?
Meat
What causes the muscles of the uterus to contract?
Oxytocin.
What happens to your muscles when your joint is bent?
When a joint is bent, the muscles around that joint contract and shorten. This causes the joint to move, resulting in the bending or flexing of the joint. The specific muscles involved and the degree of contraction depend on the joint and the movement being performed.
What causes muscles to contract and relax?
Medicinal cannabis causes the muscular system in the human body to contract or relax. Try it :)
What causes involuntary muscles to contract and relax?
it is a problem in the nervous system
What interferes with the action that causes the heart muscles to contract?
beta blockers
What muscle contract during inhalation and what muscles contract during exhalation?
The intercostal muscles, (muscles between the ribs), contract.
Rigor mortis occurs in a dead animal because?
Rigor mortis occurs because the muscles in the corpse contract. This contraction occurs because the calcium ions that are stored in the muscles diffuses and causes the myosin and actin proteins to activate, but not release.
Which type of muscles causes the heart to contract and relax?
auto-rhythmic cardiac muscle
What ist the process called that causes the cell to contract or shorten?
This process is called contraction. Muscles shorten or contract to produce movement.
What causes muscles of the uterus to contract during childbirth?
Oxitosin is the hormone. It is secreted by pituitary.
How is current electricity dangerous?
Current causes muscles to contract and that is dangerous especially if the heart muscle is affected.
