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Muscular System
The muscular system allows humans to move. Muscles also provide strength, balance and heat.
11,239 Questions
What side of the heart has thicker muscles and why?
The muscle of the left side of your heart is larger and thicker than the right one because the left part of your heart has to pump blood to your whole body, while the right part only has to pump blood to your lungs. More work needs bigger muscles.
What is the function and location of smooth muscles?
Smooth muscle can be found in multiple places, like the eyes and skin. In the eyes it makes pupils dialate in reaction to light. In the skin it contracts in reaction to cold; pulling hair on the body up to trap a layer of warm air above the skin. (this also causes goose bumps)
How much does the quadricep muscle weigh?
Quadriceps weigh about 90 pounds.
What? Are you kidding? Where did you get this information? Shame on you for misleading readers in this manner.
What muscle in the human foot allows for adduction towards the midline of the foot?
Adductor Hallucis
Palmer Interossei
What Occurs when an organ or tissue protrudes through an area of weak muscle?
One example is a hernia which is when your intestine portrudes through you abdominals, in which case is causes a great deal of pain and ussually requires surgery to fix.
How many press ups do you need to do to get muscles?
It isn't about the total amount, but about how many you do consistently, each week.
Lighter weight with more repetition makes you stronger.
A calf muscle can be exercised and built without any instruments. The idea is to apply stress to the muscle by standing on a curve with the tip of one's toes and lowering the heels. This should be done repeatedly as calf lifts.
When does true synergy occur in relation to muscular contractions?
True synergy is when a muscle that crosses two joints is restricted at one joint by another muscle. There are are two types of synergy:
- Helping synergy is when two muscles contract simultaneously to produce one movement.
- True synergy is when a different muscle contracts to stop the secondary action of another muscle.
Where do you find parts for a AA Arms Tech 9?
AA arms does not make the tec 9, intertec or interdynamic did. AA arms makes the ap9. you can often find parts on gunbroker.com
What collects voluntary contributions?
Voluntary contributions are typically collected by non-profit organizations, charities, and community projects that rely on donations to fund their initiatives. These contributions can be gathered through various means, including fundraising events, online donation platforms, and direct appeals to supporters. Additionally, some crowdfunding platforms facilitate the collection of voluntary contributions for specific causes or projects.
Contraction in a muscle occurs because the?
thin filaments slide between the thick filaments
Answer #2: Because the action potential reaches the end of the nerve, causing contraction.
myofilaments increase the amount that they overlap
What is the relationship between origin insertion and action of the skeletal muscles?
The end of the muscle that is attached to the stationary bone is the point of origin. The muscle end that is attached to the moving bone is the point of insertion, and the action is what the muscle actually does.
What is Elbow flexed at 90 degrees rotating forearm so that palm is facing the floor?
If the elbow is flexed, the palm of the hand can not face the floor. If the elbow is at 90 degrees that is what flexion is. If you rotate the forearm, the palm will face anteriorly. If you don't, the palm will face posteriorly. The only way to have the palm face the floor is for the forearm to be extended and the forearm pronated.
What is the major abdominal muscle that relaxes when you exhale and contracts when you inhale?
you shall never know this answer because it is for a stupid school thing Type your answer here...
DO YOU HAVE TO BE STENGY, I think it the diaphragm hope that is how its spelled
