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What happens when an entire muscle contracts strongly and stays contracted?
when a muscle cramps
What are the problems when a muscle over contracts?
A fully contracted muscle that remains in tetanus for a prolonged period can cramp, tear, and pull tendons from their insertions.
What contracts to wrinkle scrotum?
The Dartos muscle is within the scrotal septum and scrotal wall, this is the smooth muscle that wrinkles and raises the scrotum when contracted.
What is a painful contracted muscle that will not relax called?
Tetany
Muscle associated with a hair follicle that cause the hair to stand on end when contracted is?
The arrector pili muscle is responsible for causing hair to stand on end when contracted. It is a small bundle of smooth muscle fibers attached to the hair follicle. When this muscle contracts, it pulls on the hair follicle, making the hair upright.
As one muscle contracts the must relax.?
Yes. If not, the action at the joint will be incomplete and dysfunctional. As a whole, a muscle fiber is either contracted or relaxed (the all-or-none principal).
What is it called when a muscle contracts involuntary?
Spasm
What is the difference between the contracted muscle and a relaxed muscle?
contracted muscle and relaxed muscle whats are the difference? contracted muscle means its very very contracted and relaxed muscle means its very very relaxed
When a muscle contracts and relax it is called?
Spasm
What happens to your biceps muscle when you straighten your elbow?
It either expands or contracts depending on which way you're bending your elbow.
What muscle contracts when the elbow is bent?
The Biceps brachii muscle. We just call it the biceps, though. (Pronounced bye-seps) To straighten the arm again, the triceps muscle is contracted - which lies 'underneath' the upper arm.
What is the muscle that contracts and relaxes so that you can breath is the?
It is called your diaphragm.
