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1
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WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF TISSUE

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  • nervous
  • epithelial
  • muscle
  • connective tissue
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WHAT IS THE MOST ABUNDANT TISSUE TYPE IN THE BODY

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Connective tissue

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WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE (PITSS)

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  • protection
  • insulation
  • transportation (blood)
  • support
  • storage (of reserve fuel)
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF NERVOUS TISSUE

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internal communication

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WHAT DOES NERVOUS TISSUE MAKE UP

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makes up the brain, spinal cord and nerves

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF MUSCLE TISSUE

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creates contractions to cause movement

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WHAT DOES MUSCLE TISSUE MAKE UP

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skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and the walls of hollow organs

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE (PSAFF)

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protects
secretes 
absorbs 
filters 
Forms boundaries between different environments
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WHAT DOES EPITHELIAL TISSUE MAKE UP

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skin surface

lining of the GI Tract and other hollow organs

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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supports, protects and binds tissues together

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WHAT DOES THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF EACH OF THE 4 TISSUES DEPEND ON

A 
types of cells
cell arrangements 
extracellular matrix (ECM)
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WHAT ARE THE 4 CLASSES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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  • connective tissue proper
  • cartilage
  • bone
  • blood
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WHAT ARE THE TWO SUBCLASSES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER

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lose and dense connective tissue

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WHAT TYPES OF TISSUE ARE INCLUDED IN THE LOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE SUBCLASS

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  • areolar
  • adipose
  • reticular
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WHAT TYPES OF TISSUE ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUBCLASS OF DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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regular
irregular
elastic

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WHAT ARE THE SUBCLASSES OF BONE TISSUE

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compact bone

spongy bone

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WHAT ARE THE SUBCLASSES OF CARTILAGE TISSUE

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hyaline
fibrocartilage
elastic

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WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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  • ground substance
  • fibres
  • cells
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WHAT IS GROUND SUBSTANCE

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unstructured material that fills spaces between cells containing fibres

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WHAT IS GROUND SUBSTANCE MADE OF

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interstitial fluid
proteins
photoglycines

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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF FIBRES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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collagen
elastin
retinacula

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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLAGEN

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strongest and most abundant fibre
high tensile strength
appears pink and thick under a microscope

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WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ELASTIN

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networks of long thin fibres that allow stretch and recoil

appear thin and dark under a microscope

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WHAT IS RETINACULA

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Short fine highly branched collagenous fibres

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25
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WHAT DOES THE PREFIX OSTEO REFER TO

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Bone

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WHAT DOES THE PREFIX CHONDRO REFER TO

A

cartilage

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WHAT DOES THE PREFIC FIBRO REFER TO

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CT PROPER

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WHAT ARE THE TWO WAYS THAT CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER CAN BE CLASSIFIED

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loose and dense

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WHICH CELL PRODUCES EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER

A

fibroblasts

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WHICH CELLS IN CT PROPER MATURE INTO FIBROCYTES

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FIBROBLASTS

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DESCRIBE THE FIBRES IN DENSE REGULAR CT

A

parallel arrangement of collagen, with few elastin fibres

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WHAT CELLS ARE FOUND IN DENSE REGULAR CT

A

fibroblasts and fibrocytes

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF DENSE REGULAR CT

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to withstand tensile stress when pulling in one direction

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WHERE CAN DENSE REGULAR CT BE FOUND

A

tendons
ligaments
deep fascia

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DESCRIBE THE FIBRES IN DENSE IRREGULAR CT

A

sheets of irregularly arranged but highly packed collagen fibres
rew elastin fibres

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WHAT CELLS ARE LOCATED WITHIN DENSE IRREGULAR CT

A

fibroblasts and fibrocytes

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF DENSE IRREGULAR CT

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to withstand tension exerted in many directions

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WHERE CAN DENSE IRREGULAR CT BE FOUND

A

fibrous joint capsule

dermis of the skin

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39
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WHAT FIBRES MAKE UP ELASTIC CT

A

a high proportion of elastic fibres

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40
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WHAT CELLS CAN BE FOUND IN ELASTIC CT

A

fibroblasts and fibrocytes

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF ELASTIC CT

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to allow stretch and recoil in tissues

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42
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WHERE CAN ELASTIC CT BE FOUND

A

walls of large arteries

lungs

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43
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WHAT CELL PRODUCES ECM IN CARTILAGE

A

chondroblasts

44
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DESCRIBE CARTILAGE AS A MATERIAL

A

tough but flexible

45
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WHAT IS CARTILAGE MADE UP OF

A

extracellular matrix
chondrocytes
lacunae (small cavities containing chondrocytes)

46
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WHAT DOES AVASCULAR MEAN

A

no blood is contained

47
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CARTILAGE IS AVASCULAR, TRUE OR FALSE

48
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HOW DOES CARTILAGE GET NUTRIENTS

49
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WHAT CT LAYER EXTERNALLY COVERS CARTILAGE

A

perichondrium

50
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHERE HYALINE CARTILAGE CAN BE FOUND

A

Articular cartilage

51
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHERE FIBROCARTILAGE CAN BE FOUND

A

between vertebrae (intervertebral discs)

52
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WHAT IS EPITHELIUM

A

is a sheet of cells which covers a body surface

53
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE FOR WHERE ELASTIC CARTILAGE CAN BE FOUND

A

external auricle of the ear

54
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF EPITHELIUM

A
  • protects the body internal environment

- regulate the exchange of materials between the internal and external environment

55
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DESCRIBE THE APPEARANCE OF EPITHELIUM

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  • consist of one or more layers of connected epithelial cells
  • Has a basement membrane - the boundary between epithelial tissue and CT
56
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WHERE CAN EPITHELIUM BE FOUND

A

skin

lining an organ cavity (GIT and glands)

57
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IS EPITHELIUM HIGHY OR LOWLY REGENERATIVE

A

highly regenerative

58
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WHY IS EPITHELIUM HIGHLY REGENERATIVE

A

due to damage

59
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WHAT ARE THE 4 4 FUNCTIONS OF EPITHELIUM (PETS)

A

PROTECTION
EXCHANGE
TRANSPORTATION
SECRETION

60
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A SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WOULD REFERS TO

A

an single layered epithelium with flat cells

61
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A SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM WOULD REFER TO

A

a single layered epithelium with cells shaped like cubes

62
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A SIMPLE RECTANGULAR EPITHELIUM WOULD REFER TO

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a single layer of epithelial cells that are long and rectangular in shape

63
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A STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WOULD REFER TO

A

A multilayered epithelium with flat cells

64
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A PSEUDOSTRATIFIED CILIATED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM REFERS TO

A

an epithelium that appears multilayered, but actually is a single layer, and contains long cells with cilia on top.

65
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WHAT ARE THE FEATURES THAT EPITHELIUM MAY HAVE ON THE SURFACE

A

cilia
microvilli
keratin

66
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WHAT IS TEH MAIN FUNCTION OF MUSCLE TISSUE

A

create force to make movement

67
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MUSCLE IS HIGHLY VASCULARISED TRUE OR FALSE

68
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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF MUSCLE

A

skeletal
cardiac
smooth

69
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSCLES

A

Excitability
contractility
extensibility
elasticity

70
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WHAT IS THE 4 FUNCTIONS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE

A

produce movement
maintain posture and position
stabilise joints
create heat

71
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DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OF MUSCLE CELLS

A

long and cylindrical

72
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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE SHEATHS AROUND MUSCLES CALLED

A

endomysium
perimysium
epimysium

73
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WHAT DOES ENDOMYSIUM COVER

A

one muscle cell (muscle fibre)

74
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WHAT DOES PERIMYSIUM COVER

A

fascicle (group of muscle fibres)

75
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WHAT DOES EPIMYSIUM COVER

A

the whole muscle

76
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WHAT ARE THE TWO WAYS MUSCLE CAN ATTACH TO BONE

A

via tendons

via aponeurosis

77
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WHAT IS APONEUROSIS

A

sheet like muscle attachments where the epimysium attached directly to the periosteum

78
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WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN TYPES OF MUSCLE SHAPE CLASSIFICATION

A

parallel, convergent, pennate, circular

79
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WHAT ARE THE TWO SUBTYPES OF PARALLEL MUSCLES

A

strap (equal thickness throughout)

Fusiform (expanded belly with tapered ends)

80
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DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OF A CONVERGENT MUSCLE

81
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WHAT ARE THE THREE SUBTYPES OF PENNATE MUSCLE

A

unipennate (one side of muscle attaches to a tendon)
bipennate (both sides of muscle attach to a tendon)
multipennate (looks like feathers)

82
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DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OF A CIRCULAR MUSCLE

A

a ring of muscle

83
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF DEEP FASCIA IN RELATION TO MUSCLE COMPARTMENTS

A

to create an inter muscular septum and separate muscle compartments

84
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WHAT ARE THE 3 ROLES OF DEEP FASCIA

A
  • protection of muscles
  • limiting spread of infection between muscle compartments
  • forming retinacula to keep tendons and ligaments in place
85
Q

WHAT DOES A MOTOR UNIT CONSIST OF

A

a single neuron and the muscle fibres it controls

86
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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION

A

concentric
eccentric
isometric

87
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WHAT DOES A CONCENTRIC CONTRACTION RESULT IN

A

muscle shortening

88
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WHAT DOES AN ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS RESULT IN

A

lengthening of muscle

89
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WHAT DOES AN ISOMETRIC MUSCLES CONTRACTION RESULT IN

A

the length of the muscle not changing during the contraction

90
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THROUGHOUT A MUSCLE CONTRACTION THERE ARE 4 ROLES OF MUSCLES, WHAT ARE THEY

A

agonist, antagonist, synergist, fixator

91
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WHAT IS AN AGONIST MUSCLE

A

the muscle primarily responsible for the movement

92
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WHAT IS AN ANTAGONIST MUSCLE

A

the muscle that opposes the movement

93
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WHAT IS A SYNERGIST MUSCLE

A

a muscle which assist the prime mover by producing the same movement

94
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WHAT IS A FIXATOR MUSCLE

A

a muscle which stabilises one part of the body during movement of another part

95
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WHAT ARE MATURE MUSCLE CELLS CALLED

96
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IS THERE ECM IN MUSCLE TISSUE

97
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WHAT DOES MUSCLE TISSUE HAVE INSTEAD OF ECM

A

a small amount of extracellular fluid

98
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IS SKELETAL MUSCLE STRIATED OR NON STRIATED

99
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IS CARDIAC MUSCLE STRIATED OT NON STRIATED

100
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IS SMOOTH MUSCLE STRIATED OR NON STRIATED

A

NON STRIATED

101
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ARE SKELETAL MUSCLES FIBRES BRANCHED OR NON BRANCHED

A

non branched

102
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ARE CARDIAC MUSCLE FIBRES BRANCHED OR NON BRANCHED

103
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ARE SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS BRANCHED OR NON BRANCHED

A

non branched

104
Q

ARE SKELETAL MUSCEL CONTRACTION VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY

105
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ARE CARDIAC MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY

A

INVOLUNTARY

106
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ARE SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY

A

INVOLUNTARY

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