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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 muscles are used in a drop kick?
It depends on the kick, for example: a snap kick as is known in martial arts is made by contracting the quadriceps muscles very quickly with the hip flexed so the thigh is parallel to the floor.
What is the function of deltoid ridge?
It is a raised section of the humerus where muscles connect, these muscles are generally used for rotating the arm.
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How do you exercise the serratus anterior muscle?
Primarily push-ups and bench press.
AnswerStand feet together, knees bent, back slightly forward (keep it straight), bring your arms out to the side so you are in the shape of a "T", then bring them down in front of you crossing your arms, and then back out again. Remember to flex your chest.Remember, Push-ups, jump roping, and jumping jacks always help.
What part of the body does the gastrocnemius move?
The gastrocnemius, the large muscle in the calf, flexes the knee and foot.
What muscle that helps to pump oxygen around the body?
Oxygen is transported via the Haemoglobin in the red blood cells in your blood. Therefore, the organ that pumps the oxygen around your body is the organ that pumps your blood around your body, which is obviously your heart.
How are Human skeletal muscles similar to bacteria?
Produce lactic acid when oxygen is not available for respitation.
What is The structure in cardiac muscle which allows contractions to spread quickly?
intercalated discs
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Why are there more indirect-that is tendinous- muscle attachments that direct muscle attachments?
The deltoid muscle attaches to the anterior and lateral acromion primarily by direct tendinous attachment. The muscle attaches to the dorsal side of the acromion by periosteal fiber attachment.
Why is the muscular system crucial to the function of the body?
The basic function of muscle is to generate force. Secondarily, muscles can provide some shape and form to the organism.
The lungs contain elastic muscle tissue to permit inhalation?
It allows the lungs to expand when you inhale and they shrink when you exhale.
Which can shorten during a muscle contraction?
None actually shorten. The thin and thick filaments that compose sarcomeres do not shorten; instead, they slide past one another, causing the sarcomere to shorten while the filaments remain the same length.
To do a voluntary action means to do it without pay, or without having to be asked or forced.
Example:
Martin's voluntary cleanup of the rubbish surprised them since nobody had asked him to do it.
Voluntary means proceeding from one's own choice.
