answersLogoWhite

0

🧪

Muscular System

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

11,239 Questions

What is the top muscle in your arm called?

If you're talking about the one that everyone's always asking for when they say, "Make a muscle!" then it's your BICEP.

The bicep is the muscle that contracts when the arm is bent, and the tricep is the one that relaxes.

What is the prime mover in a lunge?

One is the quadriceps. Others are what are called the glutes and the hamstrings.

What is the function of actin filaments?

providing structure support and involved in movement.

The point of intersection for the sternocleidomastoid muscle is the?

The muscle is from your clavical to your skull. The insertion of the muscle it's attachment to the skull.

What is the fixed point at the end of a muscle?

Fixed point at the end of the muscle is called as 'Insertion of the muscle.'

Why do we need involuntary muscles?

We all know that muscles can help us to do something specially when it comes to work. it is one of the human system that can help brain to controll each part of our body.

There are many kinds of muscles in our body. The voluntary and involuntary muscles.

Voluntary muscles are the muscle that can be controlled by the brain.

Example of Voluntary muscles are:

1. Muscles of our eyes,arms,feet

Involuntary muscles are the muscle that can be located in our heart and mind. These are muscles that cannot be controlled by our brain.

1. Muscles of our heart and brain.

Furthermore, Muscles can also receive some information from the brain even though the brain is at rest.

What is the strongest muscle in a birds body?

The most important flight muscles are the pectorals, which correspond to the muscles of your chest :)

What is muscle length?

muscle length is the length of an animal or humans muscle

Are there muscles in the ear?

In those animals with mobile ears, they are used to point the external ear in the direction of the sound.

In animals with fixed ears (humans, some apes, some bats) who sound locate by phase delay, those muscles are inhibited from moving to prevent confusion in locating sound.

(Yes, some people can wiggle their ears. Call it a throw-back.)

Are muscles alive?

When they're on your dinner plate, no. When they're part of a living animal, yes.

How many muscels are in the body?

Abdominal Head of Pectoralis Major Muscle Abductor Digiti Minimi Muscle Abductor Pollicis Brevis Muscle Adductor Longus Muscle Adductor Pollicis Muscle Biceps Brachii Muscle Brachialis Muscle Brachioradialis Muscle Clavicular Head of Pectoralis Major Muscle Clavicular Head of Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Deltoid Muscle Depressor Anguli Oris Muscle Depressor Labii Inferioris Muscle Extensor Carpi Radialis Muscle Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscle Extensor Digitorum Longus Tendons Extensor Expansions Extensor Hallucis Brevis Muscle Extensor Hallucis Longus Muscle Extensor Hallucis Longus Tendon External Abdominal Oblique Muscle Flexor Carpi Radialis Muscle Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Muscle Flexor Digiti Minimi Muscle Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendons Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Muscle Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Tendons Flexor Pollicis Bevis Muscle Flexor Retinaculum Frontal Belly of Epicranius Muscle Galea Aponeurotica Gastrocnemius Muscle Gluteus Medius Muscle Gracilis Muscle Iliopsoas Muscle Iliotibial Tract Inferior Extensor Retinaculum Inguinal Ligament Lateral Head of Triceps Brachii Muscle Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Levator Labii Superioris Alaeque Nasi Muscle Levator Labii Superioris Muscle Long Head of Triceps Brachii Muscle Lumbrical Muscle Medial Head of Triceps Brachii Muscle Mentalis Muscle Nasalis Muscle Omohyoid Muscle Opponens Pollicis Muscle Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Orbicularis Oris Muscle Palmaris Longus Muscle Patellar Ligament Pectineus Muscle Peroneus Brevis Muscle Peroneus Brevis Tendon Peroneus Longus Muscle Peroneus Tertius Tendon Platysma Muscle Pronator Teres Muscle Pyramidalis Muscle Rectus Abdominis Muscle Rectus Femoris Muscle Rectus Femoris Tendon Risorius Muscle Sartorius Muscle Sartorius Tendon Scalene Muscles Serratus Anterior Muscle Soleus Muscle Sternal Head of Sternocleidomastoid Sternocostal Head of Pectoralis Major Sternohyoid Muscle Superior Extensor Retinaculum Tensor Fasciae Latae Muscle Tibialis Anterior Muscle Trapezius Muscle Vastus Lateralis Muscle Vastus Medialis Muscle Zygomaticus Major Muscle Zygomaticus Minor Muscle

A muscle that raises a body part is called?

A muscle that is an elevator raises or lifts a part.

What type of muscle tissue is involuntary?

I think it's smooth muscle, which makes up the heart.

What would happen if both muscles of an antagonist pair contracted simultaneously?

This is not possible. The spinal cord is wired so that when an extensor muscle contracts, a flexor muscle must relax. It is not possible to contract antagonizing muscle groups at the same time.

Is the antagonist muscle one that has an action directly opposite to that of the agonist?

Yes. An antagonistic pair of muscles, such as the biceps and the triceps, allows movement of body parts through opposing motions. As one of these muscles contracts, the other relaxes.

Is bone cartilage and tendons muscle tissue?

No. Cartilage falls in the category of connective tissue, which add support to the frame of the body, including support to muscle tissue. (This is true except the case of blood, which because of its matrix of cells, is also considered connective tissue.)