cartilage and muscles

Question 1

Hyaline cartilage

Answer 1

• glassy appearance
• mechanical support
• respiratory tract, rib cage, and developing bone

Question 2

Fibro-cartilage

Answer 2

• matrix with collagen fibres
• tough, very strong tissue (strongest)
• withstand tension
• fibro cartilage
• interventricular disc, pubis symphysis

Question 3

Striated muscles

Answer 3

• attached to long bones of skeletons
• long and multinucleated fibres
• striations can be seen under microscope
• voluntary

Question 4

Smooth muscle

Answer 4

• central nucleus
• intercalated discs
• in heart
• involuntary

Question 5

Cardiac muscles

Answer 5

• long and spindle shaped cells
• single nucleus
• flattened sheets
• walls of blood vessels, respiratory passage, urinary tract and reproductive tract
• involuntary