People with urge incontinence tend to have to pass urine frequently; sometimes having to get up to go to the toilet during the night. Bladder muscles can activate involuntarily because of damage to the nerves of the bladder, the nervous system, or to the muscles themselves.
The muscular system is made up of tissues that work with the skeletal system to control movement of the body. Some musclesâlike the ones in your arms and legsâare voluntary, meaning that you decide when to move them. Other muscles, like the ones in your stomach, heart, intestines and other organs, are involuntary.
Movement of food through the system. The large, hollow organs of the digestive tract contain a layer of muscle that enables their walls to move. The movement of organ walls can propel food and liquid through the system and also can mix the contents within each organ. Food moves from one organ to the next through muscle action called peristalsis.