Muscle and Nervous Tissue Flashcards
1
Q
Muscle tissue does what to move bones at joints or to constrict cavities?
A
shorten (constrict)
2
Q
Skeletal muscle can be long or short?
A
Very long (like a thread)
3
Q
Muscle fibers are bundled together by what to make a muscle?
A
connective tissue
4
Q
The 3 types of muscle tissue are?
A
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle
5
Q
Skeletal muscle description
A
striated
voluntary
6
Q
Cardiac muscle description
A
striated
involuntary
7
Q
Smooth muscle description
A
smooth (spindle-shaped)
involuntary
8
Q
2 types Nervous Tissue
A
Neurons
Glial Cells
9
Q
Much of the nervous tissue is located along what?
A
The central axis of the body
10
Q
Nerves consist of what?
A
nerve fibers bundled with connective tissue
