Muscle Diversity Flashcards
1
Q
What 2 muscles are striated and what isn’t?
A
Skeletal muscles and cardiac muscles are striated, smooth muscles arent.
2
Q
Muscles are tissue that develop tension for..?
A
Maintain a state of tone - for support.
Contract transiently and move the skeleton or fluids (blood, air ect.)
3
Q
Job of Skeletal muscle and what nervous system (NS) is it controlled by?
A
Support and Movement
Somatic Nervous System
4
Q
Job of Cardiac muscles and what NS controls it?
A
Found in the heart for rhythmic contractions
Autonomic nervous system + hormones
5
Q
Job of Smooth muscle and what NS controls it?
A
Found around hollow organs (gut, blood vessels, airways….)
Autonomic nervous system + hormones
