Muscular System

Question 1

Skeletal muscle

Answer 1

Forms majority of muscle tissue in body.
Consists of parallel bundles of long, multinucleate fibers with transverse stripes
Capable of powerful contractions
Innervated by somatic and branchial motor nerves

Question 2

Cardiac muscle

Answer 2

Striated muscle found in walls of heart and some of large vessels close to where they join the heart
Branching network of individual cells linked electrically and mechanically to work as a unit.
Innervated by visceral motor nerves

Question 3

Smooth muscle

Answer 3

Elongated or spindle-shaped fibers capable of slow and sustained contractions
Found in walls of the blood vessels
Innervated by visceral motor nerves