Histology Of Muscle Tissues

Question 1

What are Muscle Tissues

Answer 1

Muscle tissues are specialized cells that shorten in length by contraction resulting in movement

Question 2

What is the origin of Myocytes

Answer 2

They are Mesodermal in origin

Question 3

What are Myocytes

Answer 3

Myocytes are the cells that make up Muscle Tissues

Question 4

Muscle Fibres

Answer 4

Elongated Myocytes in one direction

Question 5

Muscle fibers contain?

Answer 5

Contractile protein
Myosin

Question 6

What organelles make up part of the Muscle Tissues

Answer 6

Sarcolemma
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Sarcosome

Question 7

Characteristics of Muscle tissue are?

Answer 7

Contractibility
Excitability
Extensibility
Elasticity

Question 8

Functions of the Muscle tissues

Answer 8

1. Movement - skeletal muscle
2. Stability - skeletal muscle
3. Communication - skeletal muscle
4. Control of body opening & passages - skeletal & smooth
5. Heat production

Question 9

Skeletal muscle fibers when viewed under the microscope show

Answer 9

Prominent Transverse striations

Question 10

Fibres of the skeletal muscle are

Answer 10

Long and parallel without branching, with flat and peripheral placed nuclei

Question 11

The skeletal muscle are supplied by

Answer 11

Somatic nerves

Question 12

The nuclei of smooth muscles are

Answer 12

Oval and Centrally placed

Question 13

Cardiac muscles resembles

Answer 13

Smooth muscles in being involuntary

It also resemble striated muscles - the fibres of cardiac muscles show transverse striation

Question 14

Cardiac muscles are supplied by

Answer 14

Autonomic nerves

Question 15

Cardiac muscles have a ——- nuclei

Answer 15

Centrally placeed