Muscle Tissue

Question 1

Skeletal

Answer 1

Struture: long, cylindrical, multnucleated cells

Function: voluntary movement; locomotion, manipulation of environment

Location: skeletal muscles attached to bones or ocassionaly to skin

Question 2

Cardiac

Answer 2

Structure: branching, striated, generally unicleated cells, discs

Function: As it contracts it propels blood into the circulation; involuntary control

Location: walls of the heart

Question 3

Smooth

Answer 3

Structure: spindle shaped cells with central nuclei, cells arranged closely to form sheets

Function: propels subtances or objects along internal passagewats, involuntary control

Location: mostly in the walls of hollow organs

Question 4

Nervous Tissue

Answer 4

Structure: neurons are branching cells, long extend from the nucleus contiang cell body

Function: transmit electrical signals from sensory receptiors and to effectors (muscles and glads) which control their activity

Location: Brain,spinal, cord, and nerves