Histology - Muscle and Nervous Tissues Flashcards by Jose Brambila | Brainscape

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Muscle Tissues

3 Types of Muscle Tissues

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Smooth Muscle

Skeletal Muscle

Cardiac Muscle

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Muscle Tissues

What is the general structure of Muscle Tissues?

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Long and Narrow Fibers

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Muscle Tissues

How do muscle tissues function?

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Through contraction in motion, posture, and heat production

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Muscle Tissues

How do you identify Muscle Tissue

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Skeletal: Multinucleated

Smooth: Non-striated

Cardiac: Branched

[bifurcated and intercalated disks]

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Identify

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Smooth Muscle Tissue

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Muscle Tissue

What is the structure of Smooth Muscle Tissue?

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Fusiform (spindle-shaped)

Short

Contain one centrally located nucleus

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Muscle Tissue

What is the function of Smooth Muscle Tissue?

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Involuntary movements and motion

Moves materials through internal organs

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Muscle Tissue

Where is Smooth Muscle Tissue found?

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Walls of hollow internal organs:

Vessels
Airways
Stomach
Bladder
Uterus

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Identify

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Skeletal Muscle

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Muscle Tissue

What is the structure of Skeletal Muscle?

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Long fibers

Cylindrical

Striated

Parallel

Multinucleated w/nuclei along periphery

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Muscle Tissue

What is the function of Skeletal Muscle?

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Moves skeleton

Voluntary movements

Heat production

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Muscle Tissue

Where is Skeletal Muscle located?

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Attached to bones or skin

Also found in voluntary sphncters (lips, urethra, anus)

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Identify

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Cardiac Muscle

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Muscle Tissue

What is the structure of Cardiac Muscle?

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Short

Bifurcated

Striated

centrally located nuclei

intercalated disks

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Muscle Tissue

What is the function of Cardiac Muscle?

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Involuntary contraction and relaxation

pumps blood in the heart

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Muscle Tissue

Where is the location of Cardiac Muscle?

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Heart wall

Myocardium

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Identify

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Nervous Tissue

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Nervous Tissue

What is the structure of nervous tissue?

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Neurons with rounded bodies

Axons and dendrites extending from cell body

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Nervous Tissue

What are the two types of Nervous Tissue?

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Neurons

Glial Cells

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Nervous Tissue

What is the function a neuron?

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Control of body

Information processing, storing, and retrieval

Internal communications

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Nervous Tissue

What is the function of Glial Cells?

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Support and protect neurons

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Nervous Tissue

Where is Nervous Tissue located?

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Brain

Spinal cord

Nerves