Muscular Tissues Flashcards
1
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Function of Muscuar Tissues
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- to contract, shortens to produce movement
2
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Classification 1. Skeletal
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- Voluntary
- long cells w/ stripes, lots of nuclei ( looks like slinky)
3
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Classification 2. Cardiac
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- heart
- Involuntary
- cells have stripes, look broken, each cell has a nucleus
4
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Classification 3. Smooth
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- found in walls of hollow organs
- cells have no stipes, look like thread, no nucleus