Muscle tissue

Question 1

smooth tissue

Answer 1

• individual spindle shaped cells that contract rhythmically but less powerfully than skeletal muscle
• in the skin, the walls of blood vessels, and digestive / respiratory tracts
• involuntary muscle
• unstriped muscle

Question 2

skeletal muscle

Answer 2

• attached to bones and moves the skeleton
• has bands of long cells called fibres
• can contract powerfully but tire easily
• voluntary muscle
• striped - because of the fibres

Question 3

cardiac muscle

Answer 3

• only in heart
• striped but without fibres
• contract rythmically and don’t tire
• can modify their contraction