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Oxytocin.
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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 The stomach uterus and bladder are lined with what?
Smooth muscles
What happens after the electricity reaches the muscles?
After electricity reaches the muscles, it triggers the release of calcium ions within the muscle fibers. This causes the muscle fibers to contract and generate force, allowing movement to occur.
Which chemical causes contractions in the human body?
Oxytocin is the primary chemical that causes contractions in the human body, specifically in the uterus during labor and also in the mammary glands during breastfeeding. Additionally, prostaglandins are also involved in stimulating contractions in various smooth muscles, including those in the uterus.
What two actions do muscles make?
Contract and Relax
What causes muscles of the uterus to contract during childbirth?
Oxitosin is the hormone. It is secreted by pituitary.
What do naturally produced prostaglandins do to the muscles of the uterus?
They also cause the muscles of the uterus to contract, thus helping the uterus shed the lining built up during the first part of a woman's cycle.
What happens in the wall of the uterus to push the baby out.?
The muscles contract which in turn push the baby out.
What protein causes muscles to contract?
Meat
Why do girls get cramps from periods?
Girls' bodies produce a chemical that make the muscles of the uterus contract.
What organ causes uterine contractions?
Oxytocin causes the uterus to contract. Oxytocin is released by the posterior pituitary gland.
What causes the amniotic sac to break?
Uterus starts to contract causing the amniotic fluid to break out
What interferes with the action that causes the heart muscles to contract?
beta blockers
What causes involuntary muscles to contract and relax?
it is a problem in the nervous system
What muscle contract during inhalation and what muscles contract during exhalation?
The intercostal muscles, (muscles between the ribs), contract.
What is pain during a menstrual period?
During menstruation your body produces prostaglandins that cause the uterus to contract in order to push out menstrual flow, if prostaglandin production is too high it causes the blood vessels to contract so cutting off oxygen flow to the muscles in the uterus temporarily. Essentially it's similar to a heart attack: blocked blood vessels limiting blood flow and oxygen.
Which type of muscles causes the heart to contract and relax?
auto-rhythmic cardiac muscle
