Muscle Tissue

Question 1

Function of muscle tissue

Answer 1

Allows our bodies to move

Question 2

What is skeletal muscle tissue attached to?type of movement?

Answer 2

Attached to bones and moves the joints
Voluntary movement
Contracts easily and gets tired quickly

Question 3

Characteristics of skeletal muscle tissue

Answer 3

Can contract voluntarily
Attached to bones of the skeleton and skin
Cells are ling and cylindrical with many nuclei and distinct stripes(striations)

Question 4

What kinds of movement does smooth muscle tissue have and where is it found

Answer 4

Involuntary movement,contracts slowly and doesn’t get tired easily
Found in soft organs of body

Question 5

Characteristics of smooth muscle tissue

Answer 5

Spindle shaped cells with a single nucleus
Found in the walls of hollow organs
Contractions are slow causing substances to be propelled forward in these organs

Question 6

Where is cardiac muscle found and what type of movement does it have

Answer 6

Cardiac muscle makes up most of heart wall

Involuntary movement,it is strong and doesn’t get tired

Question 7

Characteristics of cardiac muscle

Answer 7

Contracts involuntarily
Only found in heart
Consists if branching cells in striations
Cells contain only one nucleus with intercalated discs where they are joined
Ions can pass from one cell to another