Muscle Tissue

Question 1

What are the three types of muscle tissues

Answer 1

Skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle

Question 2

What is the function of skeletal muscle ?

Answer 2

Movement of body and generates heat

Question 3

What are the features of the skeletal muscle?

Answer 3

Multi nucleated, voluntary, striated NOT BRANCHED

Question 4

Where is skeletal muscle located?

Answer 4

Connects bones ex. Biceps, pectoralis major

Question 5

What are the functions of the cardiac muscle?

Answer 5

Moves blood and maintains blood pressure

Question 6

What are the features of the cardiac muscle?

Answer 6

Involuntary, BRANCHED, striated, intercalated disks

Question 7

What are the intercalated disks of the cardiac muscle?

Answer 7

Special connections between the cardiac muscle

Question 8

Where is the only place cardiac muscle is found?

Answer 8

The heart

Question 9

What are functions of the smooth muscle?

Answer 9

Movement of materials along digestive tracts, urine and reproductive secretions

Question 10

What are the features of smooth muscle?

Answer 10

Involuntary, fusiform (football) shaped, NOT branched, one nuclease in each cell, not striated

Question 11

Where is smooth muscle located?

Answer 11

Blood vessels, digestive tracts, urinary tract, intestines, uterus