Muscle And Nervous Tissues Flashcards
Cardiac (striated involuntary) STRUCTURE:
Branching, interconnected cylinders with faint striations
Smooth (non- striated involuntary or visceral) STRUCTURE:
Threadlike cells with single nuclei and no striations
Nervous STRUCTURE:
Nerve cells with large cell bodies and think fiberlike extensions; supportive glial cells also present
Skeletal (striated voluntary) LOCATION:
Muscles that attach to bones
Eyeball muscles
Upper third of esophagus
Cardio (striated involuntary) LOCATION:
Wall of heart
Smooth (non striated involuntary or visceral) LOCATION:
Walls of tubular viscera of digestive, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts
Walls of blood vessels and large lymphatic vessels
Ducts of glands
Intrinsic eye muscles (iris and ciliary body)
Arrector muscle of hairs
Nervous LOCATION:
Brain, spinal chord, nerves
Skeletal (strained voluntary) STRUCTURE:
Long, threadlike cells with multiple nuclei and striations
Skeletal (striated voluntary) FUNCTION:
Maintenance of posture, movement of bones produces body heat
Eye movements
First part swallowing
Cardiac (striated involuntary) FUNCTION:
Contraction of heart
Smooth (non-striated involuntary or visceral) FUNCTION:
Movement of substances along respective tracts
Changing of diameter of vessels
Movement of substances along ducts
Changing of diameter of pupils and shape of lens
Erection of hairs (goose bumps)
Nervous FUNCTION:
Irritability, conduction