Muscle Tissue- Cardiac Tissue Flashcards
Cardiac muscle
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Organelles of Cardiac muscle
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Heart laters
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Cardiomyocytes
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What do branched cardiomyocytes join to make?
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Intercalated Disks
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Functions of the junctions specialisations
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Components of the junctional specialisations
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Cardiac sarcomere
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Differences between cardiac and skeletal T- tubes
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Cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum difference to skeletal
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Why are cardiomyocyte richly supplied by capillaries around their fibres?
High oxygen demand
Cardiac conduction system
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The fundamental function of calcium in the myocyte
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Regulation of cytoplasmic calcium
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Development of cardiac muscle
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Smooth muscle
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Major locations of smooth muscle
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Smooth muscle cells- leiomyocytes
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Smooth muscle basic histological features
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What do smooth muscles have instead of Z-disks?
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Types of smooth muscle
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Progression of atherosclerotic lesions
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Development of smooth muscle
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Smooth muscle cell regeneration
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Dispersed cells with contractile function
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Myofibroblasts
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Myoepithelial cells
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Myoid cells
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Muscle cell types- summary
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Muscle cell locations and functions
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Muscle cell type summary diagram
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Skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle organelles
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Skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle mechanisms of contraction
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Innervation of different muscle cell types
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