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The skeletal muscles of the pharynx play a crucial role in initiating peristalsis, which is the coordinated contraction and relaxation of muscles that propel food through the digestive tract. During swallowing, the pharyngeal muscles contract sequentially, pushing the food bolus down into the esophagus. This action creates a wave-like motion that facilitates the movement of food, ensuring it moves efficiently from the mouth to the stomach. Additionally, the skeletal muscles enable voluntary control during the initial phases of swallowing before the process becomes involuntary in the esophagus.
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What does the skeletal muscle allow you to do?
Muscles allow the skeleton to move.
What head muscle helps you bite a carrot stick?
The same muscles that allow you to smile. Your jaw muscles of course!
Which joint in the body allow movement to be produced by the skeletal muscle?
all four of the joints are moved by skeletal muscles without skeletal muscles joints wouldn't move
WHERE do you find skeletal muscles?
There are three types of muscle: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac. Skeletal muscle is connected to, well of course, the bones!
What do the skeletal muscles allow us to do?
It helps move you. Your bones make up your structure. These muscles allow your body to move.
Does smooth muscle allow you to move your eyeballs?
No, smooth muscles are involuntary muscles. We can't control smooth muscles by our will. Only striated muscles (also known as skeletal muscles) can be controlled by will.
What type of muscle attaches to the skeletal system and allows movement?
Skeletal or voluntary muscles attach to the skeleton and allow movement. In contrast, smooth muscles are not under voluntary control.
Which of these are muscles that are attached to bones and function when we move them?
Muscles that are attached to the bone and allow body movements are Skeletal Muscles.
What is it called when a muscles allow you to move parts of your body in different ways when you want to?
Voluntary or skeletal muscles allow you to move parts of your body in different ways when you want to.
How do the skeletal muscles enable us to move by contracting and pulling the bone?
They allow your body to move.
What organs allow the body to movie in different ways?
The skeletal systems connections of joints and muscles
Do skeletal muscles give you strength and the ability to move?
They do give the ability to move but not strength.
