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Three types of muscle
You've got around 650 muscles in your body, and they make up roughly half of your bodyweight. These muscles can be divided into three different groups: skeletal, smooth and cardiac. All of these muscles can stretch and contract, but they perform very different functions.
Smooth Muscle
Smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs like your intestines and stomach. They work automatically without you being aware of them. Smooth muscles are involved in many 'housekeeping' functions of the body. The muscular walls of your intestines contract to push food through your body. Muscles in your bladder wall contract to expel urine from your body. Smooth muscles in a woman's uterus (or womb) help to push babies out of the body during childbirth. The pupillary sphincter muscle in your eye is a smooth muscle that shrinks the size of your pupil.
Cardiac Muscle
Your heart is made of cardiac muscle. This type of muscle only exists in your heart. Unlike other types of muscle, cardiac muscle never gets tired. It works automatically and constantly without ever pausing to rest. Cardiac muscle contracts to squeeze blood out of your heart, and relaxes to fill your heart with blood.
Your muscles is around your body to able movements.
A skeletal muscle is a voluntary muscle controlled consciously by the somatic nervous system. More than 600 different skeletal muscles are located throughout the body.
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What type of skeleton is composed of muscle and fluid .?
A hydraulic skeleton is composed of muscle and fluid.
What causes skeleton l muscle pull?
A skeleton I muscle pull could be caused by stretching the muscle beyond what is comfortable. This type of injury is often caused during sports or other physical activity.
What are the type of muscle that is attached to the bone of the skeleton is?
Tendons connect muscles to bones.
Are tendons and ligaments considered part of the skeleton system?
No they are considered to be more of a type of muscle.
What type of tissue makes up the nonconducting skeleton of the heart?
Muscle tissue.
What type of muscle is found attached to the bones?
Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle that is found attached to the bones in the body. It is responsible for voluntary movements of the body.
Is it true that A hydrostatic type of skeleton provides no function in terms of body shape and support for muscle action to earthworms?
No
What muscle covers shapes and supports skeleton?
All muscle
What muscle are attached to the skeleton?
Tendons
Why can't smooth muscle take the place of muscle that move you skeleton?
mucle in the skeletal system is cammed skeletal mucle which can only be in the skeleton
What can move an animal's skeleton by contracting and relaxing?
Muscles move an animal's skeleton by contracting and relaxing. When a muscle contracts, it pulls on the bones to create movement at the joints. Relaxing the muscle allows the skeleton to return to its original position.
What does a skeletal muscle attach to?
bones of the skeleton
