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Which term identifies proteins that allow muscles to shorten and lengthen?
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Why do muscles bulged when they contract?
Skeletal muscle tissue is made of many fibers, which have many sarcomeres with overlapping actin and myosin protein strands. When muscles contract their proteins overlap eachother and shorten the fiber, which then increases height but shortens in length of each fiber.
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.
Muscles are only able to pull they never push.?
Yes, muscles can only shorten and relax. They can only pull.
What tissue determines the flexibility of a joint?
Nope. A joint is flexible if the muscles (with their attached tendons) are not spasmed, and if the ligaments are not too short. Stretching can frequently lead to increased flexibility (and mobility). This stretching tends to lengthen both the muscles and ligaments. On the other hand, if a joint is too hypermobile (unstable), exercise against resistance will tend to shorten these structures (first muscles, later ligaments), and can be very helpful...e.g., in the neck, which tends to be the most unstable part of the human spine. --Dr. Halle
A contraction in which a skeletal muscle does not shorten but its tension increases is called isometric?
An isometric contraction is the name given to a skeletal muscle that does not shorten, but increases tension. The muscles generate force to protect themselves.
What identifies proteins that allow muscles to shorten or lengthen?
Contractile proteins is the term that identifies the proteins that allow muscles to shorten or lengthen.
What term identifies proteins that allows muscles to shorten or lengthen?
Contractile proteins is the term that identifies the proteins that allow muscles to shorten or lengthen.
Do muscles shorten as well as lengthen?
yes. source: year 3 science class
What is some antonyms for shorten?
lengthen
What is the opposite word for shorten?
lengthen
Do microtubules in kinetochores shorten or lengthen?
disassemble
What do the peddles on a piano do?
shorten or lengthen the note
Do shadows shorten?
Yes. The length of a shadow is determined by the altitude of the Sun. Therefore shadows shorten then lengthen as each day progresses and, between days, shorten and lengthen as summer comes and passes.
Does the 20 Amendment shorten or lengthen the time between elections and taking of office?
shorten
When thick and thin filaments slide past each other does the fiber lengthen?
Muscles contract when sarcomeres shorten. The thin and thick filaments that compose sarcomeres do not shorten; instead, they slide past one another, causing the sarcomere to shorten while the filaments remain the same length.
What muscle can do?
Muscles can contract and shorten
A contraction that causes a muscle to lengthen rather than shorten is called?
An eccentric contraction is one that causes a muscle to lengthen.
