Muscle & Nervous Tissue

Question 1

Is Muscle Tissue at CT

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

What are the 3 types of MT?

Answer 2

Skeletal. Cardiac. Smooth Muscle

Question 3

Skeletal Muscle is what?

Answer 3

striated (dark + light bands). Voluntary. Attaches to bones

Question 4

Which if the MT ‘s are voluntary?

Answer 4

Skeletal only

Question 5

Cardiac Muscle is what?

Answer 5

Striated. Involuntary. Performs the pumping action of heart

Question 6

Smooth Muscle is what?

Answer 6

Not striated. Not voluntary. Uses peristalsis. Located in hollows of organs such as blood vessels and resp + gastro tracts

Question 7

What are the 2 types of Nervous Tissue cells?

Answer 7

Neurons + Neuroglia

Question 8

What is the functional unit of the nervous system called?

Answer 8

Neuron

Question 9

What are the 3 main parts to a neuron?

Answer 9

Cell body. Axon. Dendrite.

Question 10

What does the axon do?

Answer 10

transmits nerve impuse

Question 11

What does the dendrite do?

Answer 11

receives action potential

Question 12

What is the role of the Neuroglia?

Answer 12

Nourish and support nerve cells. Don’t transmit action potential

Question 13

What is the stroma?

Answer 13

Stroma is the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role. It is made up of all the parts without specific functions of the organ - for example, connective tissue, blood vessels, ducts, etc.

Question 14

What is Extracellular matrix made up of?

Answer 14

primarily composed of ground substance - a porous, hydrated gel, made mainly from proteoglycan aggregates - and connective tissue fibers

Question 15

What is the parenchyma? How is this different than Stroma?

Answer 15

The parenchyma is the functional parts of an organ, or of a structure such as a tumour in the body. This is in contrast to the stroma, which refers to the structural tissue of organs or of structures, namely, the connective tissues