Muscle Tissues

Question 1

Skeletal

Answer 1

L- Attached to bones
F- Movement, voluntary control
S- long, cylindrical cells, multi- nucleated, with striations perpendicular to the direction of the muscle

Question 2

Cardiac

Answer 2

L- Muscle of the heart
F- propels blood through the body
S- long, cylindrical cells, uni-nucleated, branching cells, connected by intercalated disks, allow cells to communicate quickly using gap junctions

Question 3

Smooth

Answer 3

L- associated with tubular structures and with the skin, your gut
F- produces wave like motion/contraction, involuntary control
S- Uni-nucleated, with no striations visible, looks smooth, not much space between cells, single-colored