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Muscular System

The muscular system allows humans to move. Muscles also provide strength, balance and heat.

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What toxin is released when muscles are not used?

It's not really a toxin per se, it's called lactic acid.

What connects muscle to muscle?

Tendons connect muscle to muscle and also muscle to bone.

What percentage of human body weight is voluntary muscle?

An average adult male is made up of 42% voluntary muscle, an average adult female is made up of 36% voluntary muscle (in terms of total body mass).

Does cardiac muscles have sarcomeres?

Only striated muscles have sarcomeres , Skeletal and Cardiac muscles have sarcomeres. As for smooth muscles they doesnt have sarcomeres , since the Z lines are attached to dense bodies

What muscles move the mandible side to side?

The primary muscles responsible for moving the mandible side to side are the lateral pterygoid and the medial pterygoid muscles. The lateral pterygoid muscle facilitates the protrusion and lateral movement of the mandible, while the medial pterygoid assists in elevating the mandible and also contributes to lateral movements. Together, these muscles enable the grinding motion necessary for chewing.

Why do muscles burn while running?

When your muscles burn, it means you have gone from aerobic respiration to anaerobic respiration. Aerobic respiration, or cellular respiration, uses oxygen to produce the ATP your muscles need to function. When you run long enough or fast enough, however, your muscles run out of oxygen and must turn to anaerobic respiration, which also produces ATP but has lactic acid as a waste product. It is the lactic acid that makes your muscles burn and makes them sore afterwards and the next day.

Are Skeletal muscles are also known as striated muscles because of their striped appearance?

The term skeletal means that they affect the the bones of the skeleton. They are called striated as the muscle fibers (also called cells) show the contracting units called sacromeres as lines in the cell as seen under the microscope. They are voluntary as you have control over them using your nervous system.

What is the functions and muscles in the digestive system?

First of all, the digestive system is full of organs, not muscles. Mouth- mechanically breaks down food by churning and cutting. Esophagus- the long tube the links to the liver, and passes the food down to then liver. Stomach- the holding place for the food for 4-6 hours. The food is then chemically broken down. Pancreas- functions to produce enzymes to send all over the body. Liver- produces bile Gall bladder- stores bile Duodenum- the small tube that links the small intestine and stomach. Small intestine- the 20 ft. Long tube that food passes through to get to the large intestine. Large intestine- the 4ft long tube that passes food to the rectum. Rectum- the place that stores food and waste. Anus- the opening and the end of the rectum that eliminates waste.

What is the primary insertion of the quadriceps muscle?

These muscles all have a ligament of insertion which is called the patellar ligament. This ligament inserts to the tibial tuberosity.

How is cardiac muscle similar to smooth muscle?

Cardiac muscle tissue, like skeletal and smooth muscle tissue, can undergo hypertrophy.
Unlike both smooth and skeletal muscle, cardiac muscles have cells that branch.

What is the 2 substances that muscles use when they respire?

Glucose and Oxygen. If it is an aerobic reaction then the formula will be; 60^2 + C^6O^12H^12 = 6H^2O + 6^CO^2 + 38ATP

What kind of muscle pull on bones to produce movement?

all muscles pull on bones to create movement, since muscles are contractile and bone is rigid. the muscle attaches to the bone via the tendon.

What is the job of the smooth tissue?

the smooth tissue of the liver is the kidney stone of the heart. small intestine and the large intesting produce smooth tissues and the waste products are know as th lungs.