Author Question: For skeletal muscles to contract, it is necessary to have stimulation by impulses from motor nerves. ... (Read 65 times)

Yolanda

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 757
For skeletal muscles to contract, it is necessary to have stimulation by impulses from motor nerves. Muscles perform in groups. List the three classifications of muscles that work together to perform movement and describe their actions.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The tonsils house a large number of white blood cells to protect the body.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



mk6555

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 310
Answer to Question 1

Antagonist is a muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle.
Prime mover or agonist is a muscle that is primary in a given movement. Its contraction produces the movement.
Synergist is a muscle that acts with another muscle to produce movement.

Answer to Question 2

True



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question


 

Did you know?

Always store hazardous household chemicals in their original containers out of reach of children. These include bleach, paint, strippers and products containing turpentine, garden chemicals, oven cleaners, fondue fuels, nail polish, and nail polish remover.

Did you know?

The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.

Did you know?

Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.

Did you know?

The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.

Did you know?

On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library