The heart pumps blood throughout the body and the stomach helps us digest the food we eat. How do the muscles help these two organs perform their function? Both the heart and stomach continue to work on their own by contracting and shortening their muscles.

The muscles of the heart and stomach contract and relax when we tell them to do so.

The muscles of the heart and stomach contract and relax without us thinking about them.

When the muscles of the heart and stomach contract, they pull on the bones and make them move.

A48-year-old male presents with an 8-day history of productive cough, subjective fevers, and malaise. he is otherwise healthy without any active medical problems. he is a social drinker of alcohol, and denies any tobacco or drug use. on physical examination, the patient is alert and oriented. his temperature is 100.4 0 f, pulse rate is 56, respiratory rate is 18, and blood pressure is 133/64. heent is within normal limits and a chest exam has diffuse expiratory wheeze with decreased sounds to the right lower lung fields. blood labs reveal wbc 14.4, hgb 11.3, plt 233, alt 65, ast 102, and po 4 2.1. a chest x-ray reveals a dense consolidation with bulging fissures. based on these findings, what is the most likely pathogen affecting this patient?