muscle Flashcards
- Consists predominantly of contractile cells
* Produces the movements of various parts of the body by contraction
Muscle
Both voluntary and striated
skeletal muscle
enclosed by __ , a thin layer of connective tissue.
epimysium
Smaller bundles of muscle fibers are surrounded by __
perimysium
Individual muscle fiber is enclosed by __
endomysium
Multinucleated
Skeletal Muscle
○ Involuntary and striated
Cardiac Muscle
what does cardiac muscle form? (the middle layer of heart)
myocardium
Includes specialized myocardial fibers that form the cardiac __ __
conducting system
Uninucleated
Cardiac Muscle
Presence of intercalated discs
Cardiac Muscle
Involuntary and nonstriated
Smooth Muscle
Muscles in digestive system
Smooth Muscle
Has circular and longitudinal layer
Smooth Muscle
○ Innervated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) but contracts spontaneously without any nerve supply.
Cardiac Muscle