Smooth muscleor "involuntary muscle(不随意肌)" is found within the walls of organs and structures such as theesophagus(食管), stomach, intestines, bronchi,uterus(子宫),urethra(尿道),bladder(膀胱), blood vessels, and thearrector pili(立毛肌)in the skin (in which i...
Muscle enables complex movements that are either voluntary—under conscious control—such as turning the pages of this book, or involuntary, such as the contraction of the heart or the peristalsis in the gut. To understand how muscle accomplishes these various activities, you need to know the ...
Cramps of the involuntary muscles will not be further considered in this review. This article focuses on cramps of skeletal muscle. What are the types of muscle cramps? What causes cramps? Skeletal muscle cramps can be categorized into four major types. These include "True" cramps Tetany ...
The brain tells these muscles what to do, but we aren’t even aware of it. For example, we don’t have to think about breathing or digesting food. The smooth muscles just do their jobs automatically. For this reason smooth muscles are sometimes called involuntary muscles...
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Your heart is a muscular structure made up of cardiac muscle, also known as heart muscle. The heart muscle is a striated but an involuntary muscle, which means we have no control over the movements of the cardiac muscle. The myocardiumcontains myocytes (heart muscle cells) that undergo periodi...
Muscle tissue is one of the four basic types of tissues, along with epithelium, connective tissue, and nervous tissue. It regulates voluntary and involuntary responses and includes three main types: smooth muscle, skeletal muscle, and smooth muscle. ...
What you will learn about Muscle types 2 What you will learn about in this topic: Classification of muscles Types of muscle and their importance in health and fitness Name, location and description of muscles Muscle types There are three kinds of muscle: Voluntary muscles Involuntary muscles Cardi...
The heart is composed primarily of ___ type of muscle. Which of the following muscles are involuntary? A. Skeletal muscle B. Cardiac muscle C. Smooth muscle What are the different muscles in the leg and the arm? Name all the muscles that flex the arm. What is the muscular system compos...
Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disease characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles which controls movement.