Lab 3 Muscle/Nerve Tissue

Question 1

neuron

Answer 1

cell part of the nervous system that transmits electrical signals, contains processes called axons and dendrites that conduct the electrical impulses

Question 2

axon

Answer 2

process of a neuron that propagates action potentials away from the cell body

Question 3

dendrite

Answer 3

process of a neuron where graded potentials are initiated

Question 4

glial cell

Answer 4

nervous system cells that support neurons. more numerous than neurons

Question 5

skeletal muscle

Answer 5

fibers striated, tubular, and multi nucleated

Question 6

smooth muscle

Answer 6

fibers non-striated, spindle shaped, and uninucleated

Question 7

cardiac muscle

Answer 7

fibers striated, branched, and uninucleated

Question 8

intercalated disc

Answer 8

intercellular junction between cardiac muscle cells composed of desmosomes and gap junctions that mechanically and electrically link these cells. found in cardiac muscle