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We have three kinds of muscles in our bodies. They all contract for different reasons. They can be first categorized as voluntary and involuntary. The voluntary ones are the ones we can control with our conscious thought. These are also called skeletal muscles and we use them to make our bodies move. The involuntary muscles include the cardiac muscles in our heart and the smooth muscles in our internal organs. We cannot consciously control our involuntary muscles but they are essential to our survival because they help us breathe, pump our blood, and move food through our digestive tract.
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The only tissue in youur body that is able to contract or shorten?
All types of Muscle tissue contract... This includes Skeletal and Smooth muscle tissue.
What is needed for living muscle to contract?
A living muscle needs oxygen in the blood and muscle elasticity to contract and move.
What kind of muscle cell contract?
Smooth muscle cells contract in response to fluid flow.
What is muscle protein?
it is tiny muscle fibers that contract and expand the muscle
Will the leg muscle contract when it is removed from the body and you pinch it?
No, as the muscle is dead (it doesn't contract like while the muscle is still alive either). However, it will contract if you give it an electrical "jump."
What Major function is to contract?
muscle tissue
What tissue's major function is to contract?
The muscle tissue's main function is to contract.
What type of nerve stimulates muscle cells to contract?
Somatic type of nerves stimulate the muscle cells to contract.
Does a muscle contract the instant it is stimulated?
no, the muscle does not begin to contract the instant it is stimulated, rather a fraction of a second later!
What does contract mean in muscle?
contract in science means to get smaller.
As one muscle in a pair relaxes what does the otyher muscle do?
contract
What muscle do you contract when you are watching a rocket as it ascends?
Ciliary muscle
