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the body constantly uses water. muscles carry alot of water. if you dont stay hydrated the body will use the water in muscles deteriorating them over time
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Muscle mass loss can be caused by factors such as inactivity, inadequate protein intake, aging, hormonal changes, certain illnesses (such as cancer or HIV), and prolonged periods of bed rest. Resistance training and sufficient protein intake can help prevent muscle mass loss.
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What happens to leg muscles due to the disuse of these muscles over a long period of time?
When leg muscles are not used for an extended period, they can atrophy and weaken. This can lead to reduced muscle mass, strength, and endurance. It may also result in loss of flexibility and coordination in the muscles.
What causes the muscles of the uterus to contract?
Oxytocin.
How does heating an evaporating dish affect its mass?
Heating an evaporating dish can decrease its mass because the heat causes the liquid to evaporate, leaving behind solid residue or solute. The loss of liquid mass during evaporation reduces the overall mass of the dish.
When lactate builds up in a runner's muscle it causes a burning sensation. what causes this to occur?
The muscles do not have enough oxygen for aerobic respiration.
What is the term used for astronauts loss of muscle mass?
atrophy
What causes loose abdominal muscles?
The causes of loose abdominal muscles include extreme weight loss and pregnancy.
Prolonged inactivity causes muscles to shrink in mass a condition called?
Disuse Atrophy
What happens to muscle and bone tissue when they are not used?
Muscle atrophy and bone loss can occur when muscle and bone tissue are not used. Muscle atrophy is the loss of muscle mass and strength, while bone density can decrease leading to osteoporosis. Regular physical activity is important to maintain muscle and bone health.
What effect does aging have on skeletal muscles?
loss of bone mass from demineralization and brittleness from a decreased rate of protein synthesis
What happens to leg muscles due to the disuse of these muscles over a long period of time?
When leg muscles are not used for an extended period, they can atrophy and weaken. This can lead to reduced muscle mass, strength, and endurance. It may also result in loss of flexibility and coordination in the muscles.
What is the term used for loss of muscle mass and how can the patient prevent it?
Disuse atrophy is degeneration and loss of muscle mass. The size, shape, tone, and strength of muscles (including the heart) are maintained with mild exercise and increased with strenuous exercise. Promoting exercise to maintain a patient's muscle tone, joint mobility, and cardiovascular function is an important nursing function.
What acid causes muscles to ache produced by milk?
Lactic acid causes muscles to ache
What are causes of unexplained loss of blood?
what are causes of unexplained blood loss
Why does exercising increase muscle mass?
Because the muscle cells that are in the muscles break away from the rest of the muscle cells when exercising and are brought back together when protein is taken in. This causes muscle mass to increase
Which exercise principle explains how muscles can lose strength and size if they are not worked?
Muscle Atrophy is the technical name for loss of muscle mass due to disuse, starvation, or disease.
Where when why how On a cold night what makes you shiver Is it A. loss of heat from your body or B. Low humidity?
it is because of a biological change in body temperature which causes your muscles to get warmer and not cold.
When you excerise you get pain in your calf muscles and lose feeling to your feet. What is wrong?
You have probably injured a nerve in your legs/calf muscles that connect to your feet which causes numbness in your foot muscles. You should stop the exercise you are doing and see a Doctor or a Physiotherapist before the pain and loss of feeling gets worse.
