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Skeletal muscles are found in pairs called flexors and extensors. The flexors bend a joint, and the extensors straighten the joint. Muscles cannot push; they only pull.
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How does striated visceral muscles differ from striated cardiac muscles?
it has a different embryonic origin - it is neither cardiac nor skeletal muscle. it is often found in the head and neck.
Does skeletal muscles line passageways and are they involuntary?
Skeletal muscles do form the passageways in the body, but their actions are very rarely involuntary. More often than not, the actions of the skeletal system are performed because the brain sends a signal to those muscles and forces them to move.
What make up the muscular systems?
The human body contains more than 650 individual muscles which are attached to the skeleton, which provides the pulling power for us to move around. The main job of the muscular system is to provide movement for the body. The muscular system consist of three different types of muscle tissues : skeletal, cardiac, smooth. Each of these different tissues has the ability to contract, which then allows body movements and functions. There are two types of muscles in the system and they are the involuntary muscles, and the voluntary muscles. The muscle in which we are allow to control by ourselves are called the voluntary muscles and the ones we can? control are the involuntary muscles. The heart, or the cardiac muscle, is an example of involuntary muscle.CARDIAC MUSCLE:The cardiac muscles is the muscle of the heart itself. The cardiac muscle is the tissue that makes up the wall of the heart called the mydocardium. Also like the skeletal muscles, the cardiac muscle is striated and contracts through the sliding filament method. However it is different from other types of muscles because it forms branching fibers. Unlike the skeletal muscles, the cardiac muscle is attached together instead of been attach to a bone.SKELETAL MUSCLE:The skeletal muscle makes up about 40 % of an adults body weight. It has stripe-like markings, or striations. The skeletal muscles is composed of long muscle fibers. Each of these muscles fiber is a cell which contains several nuclei. The nervous system controls the contraction of the muscle. Many of the skeletal muscle contractions are automatic. However we still can control the action of the skeletal muscle. And it is because of this reason that the skeletal muscle is also called voluntary muscle.SMOOTH MUSCLE:Much of our internal organs is made up of smooth muscles. They are found in the urinary bladder, gallbladder, arteries, and veins. Also the digestive tract is made up of smooth muscle as well. The smooth muscles are controlled by the nervous system and hormones. We cannot consciously control the smooth muscle that is why they are often called involuntary muscles.
Why do skeletal muscles act in pairs?
Skeletal muscles work in pairs because muscles can only contract (pull) and cannot expand (push). Thus, if you want to move one direction, you use one set of muscles and to move in the opposite direction you use the corresponding set of muscles.skeletal muscles work in pairs because muscles can only contract (pull) and cannot expand (push).Skeletal muscles will have a flexor and an extensor.The flexor bends the joint.The extensor straightens it out again.Skeletal muscles work in pairs because muscles can only contract (pull) and cannot expand (push). Thus, if you want to move one direction, you use one set of muscles and to move in the opposite direction you use the corresponding set of muscles.
When do bones allow movement to occur?
Your movable bones are attached to skeletal muscles by tendons. Your muscles move to pull the bones, which are often attached by semi-restricted ball-joints, like in your elbows and knees.
What word starts with R and means the opposite of contract?
The word "contract" is referring to a muscle doing work, and the opposite is relax. Skeletal muscles work in pairs, and often one of the pair will contract while the other relaxes.
How do skeletal and cardiac muscles differ?
cardiac is uni/binucleate, has intercalated discs, and is has branching fibers, skeletal is multinucleate and is long and cylindrically shaped.Skeletal muscle is found in the arms and legs and also other parts of your body. For skeletal muscle to contract it needs to be independly stimulated by a nerve ending. Cardiac muscle is a involantry muscle within the heart which automaticly contracts because of its self- excitable cells. It is a muscle which does NOT produce lactic acide ( normally) and it does not need a nerve to stimulate it to contract
Two main muscle fibers?
Muscle fibers can be smooth or striated. Smooth muscle is often involuntary and line the blood vessels and gastrointestinal tract. Striated muscles may be voluntary, such as skeletal muscle, or involuntary such as cardiac muscle.
Can you be a carrier of myotonic dystrophy if you test negative by EMG?
Yes, myotonic dystrophy affects people in multiple ways and can often affect other systems of the body before the skeletal muscles therefore an EMG is no longer a reliable diagnostic tool.
How do skeletal muscles work together?
Skeletal muscles have an antagonistic relationship. To move about a joint one muscle contracts while its opposite muscle relaxes. For example, movement of the forearm is done through the bicep and tricep along the elbow joint.as one muscle contracts, the other relaxes
What is skeletal muscle tissue?
Skeletal tissue is one of the three types of muscle tissues. This tissues are striated and are attached to the skeleton. Skeletal or striated muscle is called voluntary because willed or voluntary control of skeletal muscle contractions is possible. When viewed under a microscope, skeletal muscle is characterized by many cross striations and many nuclei per cell. Individual cells are long and threadlike and are often called fibers. Skeletal muscles are attached to bones and when contracted produce voluntary and controlled body movements.
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