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No, they can also contract, they do every time you use them to move an arm, a leg, etc..
Leonora Medhurst
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∙ 15y agoyes it does,thats why people always stretch before exercise.it helps reduce injury.also,it increases strength
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Which tissue allow the body to move by stretching and contracting?
The type of tissue that allows or produces movement is muscle tissue.
What is tissue that as the ability to stretch based on amount of tension?
All tissue has the ability to stretch when placed under tension.
Which tissue has intercalated discs?
cardiac muscles/involuntary muscle
What characteristic does not describe cardiac muscle tissue?
Cardiac muscle tissue is specifically muscle tissue of the heart. It is smooth just like skeletal muscle tissue but has special characteristics that help it to contract at fast, steady rates.
Can move an animals skeleton by contracting and relaxing?
Muscle tissue, by contracting and relaxing, moves an animal's skeleton. Muscle tissue is classified as a soft tissue. There are three kinds of muscle tissue.
Why stomach contains elastic and and muscle tissue?
Because the stomach needs the muscle tissue and the elastic tissue to stretch and digest the food.
The ability of muscle tissue to stretch when pulled is called?
extensibility
Why does the stomach contains muscle and elastic tissues?
Because the stomach needs the muscle tissue and the elastic tissue to stretch and digest the food.
What does the muscle tissuue and the elastic tissue help the stomach?
it helps to crush up the food so that it can digest well
What are the Components of muscle tissue in a meat?
skeletal muscle tissue,cardiac muscle tissue smooth muscle tissue
Is the muscle tissue superficial to the epidermal tissue?
Muscle tissue is deep to epidermal tissue. Epidermal tissue is superficial to muscle tissue.
What tissues can bring about movement?
Muscle tissue produces movement.
What detects a muscle is under stretch and therefore initiates the inverse stretch flex?
the muscle spindle detects excessive stretch within the muscle , it response and makes the muscle contract
What cell forms tissue that can stretch?
A muscle cell Form: stratified , elastic bands lined up side by cell it looks stripey they have fibers that have the ability to contract they are thinner cells so they are lined up side by side forming muscle SO YES
What makes muscle cells different from other cells in the body?
its the same
What type of tissue is the major function of the cells of this tissue type is to shorten?
the answer is the muscle tissue ! i got the same packet haha
What muscle do you stretch when you do the flamingo stretch?
Quadrilateral
