Muscle Tissues Flashcards
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Muscle tissue
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Regarded as the movement specialist of the body
2
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Skeletal muscle
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Attached to bones and is the most abundant muscle tissue type
3
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Cardiac muscle
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Located in the heart wall and helps the heart contract repeatedly to pump blood
4
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Smooth muscle
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Also called visceral muscle, is located in the walls of hollow organs, such as the stomach, bladders, and uterus, and within tubes such as the intestines and blood vessels