Week 6

Question 1

What are the specialisations of muscle tissue?

Answer 1

Locomotion, constriction, pumping and propulsion

Question 2

What is the structure, location and mode of control for smooth muscle tissue?

Answer 2

Structure: contains thick and thin filaments, non-striated
Location: primarily located in digestive tract; assist organs in the mobility of substances
Mode of Control: involuntary control

Question 3

What is the structure, location and mode of control for cardiac muscle tissue?

Answer 3

Location: The heart
Structure: Striated, long, branched, cyclindrical.
Mode of Control: Involuntary Control

Question 4

What is the structure, location and mode of control for skeletal muscle tissue?

Answer 4

Location: Connected to bones to perform movement
Mode of Control: voluntary control
Structure: striated, non-branched

Question 5

What is the purpose of nervous tissue?

Answer 5

Conduction of electrical impulses

Question 6

What are the two main kinds of nervous tissue?

Answer 6

Neurons and Neuroglia

Question 7

What are the structural features of the CNS?

Answer 7

Brain and spinal cord

Question 8

What is the function of the nervous system?

Answer 8

To recieve, process and respond to external information.