Ch. 3: Muscle/Nervous Tissue (LP)

Question 1

Skeletal Muscle

Answer 1

Function: Function in VOLUNTARY movement of the skeleton.
Location: Attached to bones (Like Tendons and Ligaments).
- Skeletal = Allows you to move!

Question 2

Smooth Muscle

Answer 2

Function: Cells contract and relax to provide force and/or accommodate stretch
Location: The walls of hollow organs (Like the Uterus and Stomach/All of digestive system)
- INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

Question 3

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 3

Function: Responsible for the contractility of the heart and, therefore, the pumping action.
Location: Heart (ONLY)

Question 4

NERVOUS TISSUE

Answer 4

Functions:
- Receive sensory information
- Carry sensory information to the brain
- Transmit motor impulses from the brain to effector organs
- Neuroglial cells -> Provide protection, support, and nourishment for the neurons

Location: Brain; Spinal cord; Cranial and Peripheral