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The command to contract link is transferred throughout a muscle fiber by?
motor and plates
The only tissue in youur body that is able to contract or shorten?
Muscle tissue is the only tissue in the body capable of contracting or shortening. This contraction allows muscles to generate force and produce movement throughout the body. There are three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, cardiac, and smooth, each with its own unique properties and functions.
What is needed for living muscle to contract?
A living muscle needs oxygen in the blood and muscle elasticity to contract and move.
The main structural difference that cardiac muscle have that other two types dont?
Intercalated discs. These are specialized cell junctions which link the cardiac muscle cells electrically and mechanically together. Impulses are distributed immediately and simultaneously so that cardiac muscle cells contract as a single unit.
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 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!
Is smooth muscles alternately contract and relax endlessly throughout a persons life?
Yes the heart does contract and relax for every moment of ones life .This action enables the blood to circulate the body efficiently
What does contract mean in muscle?
contract in science means to get smaller.
