Chapter 4 - Muscle Tissue

Question 1

Skeletal Muscle Tissue Characteristics

Answer 1

Striated
Multinucleated
Voluntary
Long, cylindrical cells

Question 2

Skeletal Muscle Function

Answer 2

Responsible for voluntary movements like lifting, walking, facial expressions

Question 3

Skeletal Muscle Location

Answer 3

Attached to bone, skin(facial muscles), voluntary sphincters like lips, urethra, anus

Question 4

Cardiac Muscle Tissue Characteristics

Answer 4

Striated
Branched cells
Cells are short
Involuntary
One or two nuclei
Intercalated discs

Question 5

Cardiac Muscle Function

Answer 5

Involuntary contraction of the heart, pumps blood throughout the circulatory system
Can generate their own action potentials

Question 6

Cardiac Muscle Location

Answer 6

Heart wall (myocardium)

Question 7

Smooth Muscle Tissue Characteristics

Answer 7

Non-striated
Spindle shaped cells
One centrally placed nucleus
Involuntary
Arranged in layers

Question 8

Smooth Muscle Function

Answer 8

Involuntary movements
Control of internal organs like the movement of food or urine

Question 9

Smooth Muscle Location

Answer 9

Walls of hollow internal organs like vessels, airways, stomach, bladder, uterus