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The major structural and functional differences among the three types of muscle tissue are the following: Skeletal muscle tissue is primarily attached to bones. It is striated and voluntary. Cardiac muscle tissue forms the wall of the heart. It is striated and involuntary. Smooth (visceral) muscle tissue is located in the viscera.
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Muscle tissue is a specialized tissue found in animals which functions by contracting, thereby applying forces to different parts of the body. Muscle tissue consists of fibers of muscle cells connected together in sheets and fibers. Together these sheets and fibers and known as muscles, and control the movements of an organisms as well as many othe...
Muscle tissue functions as a single unit, and is often connected to the same nerve bundles. A nerve impulse traveling from the brain or another outside signal tells the muscle to contract. The nerve impulse is transferred almost instantaneously to all the nerve cells in the muscle tissue, and the entire muscle contracts. At the cellular level, each...
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Skeletal muscle tissue is a type of striated muscle, meaning clear bands can be seen in it under a microscope. This can be seen in image (a) below. These tiny light and dark bands are sarcomeres, highly organized bundles of actin, myosin, and associated proteins. These organized bundles allow striated muscle to contract quickly and release quickly. Muscle tissue is attached to the bones through tendons, which are highly elastic portions of connective tissue. Many muscles may seem to control a...
Cardiac Muscle Tissue
While the striations in skeletal muscle tissue are even and parallel, complex and branching striations are seen in cardiac muscle tissue. Cardiac muscle can be seen in image (c) below. While the striations are hard to see in this image, the branching nature of the cells is easy to pick out. The branching is caused by the connection of cardiac muscle cells to one another. The cells are connected via intercalated discs. These junctures help cardiac muscle to contract as one and provide a rapid...
Smooth Muscle Tissue
Unlike cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue has no striations. The fibers of myosin and actin in smooth muscle fiber is not nearly as organized as in the other types of muscle tissue. In smooth muscle, the contractions are not quick and rapid but rather smooth and continuous. Smooth muscle is found surrounding many organs, blood vessels, and other vessels used for transporting fluids. The smooth muscle can contract to apply a force on organ. This can be used to move blood...
1. Knowing that actin and myosin are present in muscle cells, a student has a clever idea. If a test for actin and myosin could be developed, cells could quickly be tested to see if they are muscle cells. Will the student’s idea work? A. Yes, great idea! B. No, the test could get contaminated by the user C.No, actin and myosin are in many cells 2. ...
Feb 15, 2024 · There are 3 types of muscle cells in the human body; cardiac, skeletal, and smooth. Skeletal muscle cells are long, cylindrical, multi-nucleated and striated. Each nucleus regulates the metabolic requirements of the sarcoplasm around it. Skeletal muscle cells have high energy requirements, so they contain many mitochondria in order to generate ...
Oct 30, 2023 · Muscles and muscle tissue. This type of tissue is found in skeletal muscles and is responsible for the voluntary movements of bones. Muscle is defined as a tissue primarily composed of specialized cells /fibers which are capable of contracting in order to effect movement. This can relate to movement of the body or body parts with our external ...
Figure 4.4.1 – Muscle Tissue: (a) Skeletal muscle cells have prominent striation and nuclei on their periphery. (b) Smooth muscle cells have a single nucleus and no visible striations. (c) Cardiac muscle cells appear striated and have a single nucleus. From top, LM × 1600, LM × 1600, LM × 1600.
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Muscle tissue is excitable, responding to stimulation and contracting to provide movement, and occurs as three major types: skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle in the heart. Nervous tissue is also excitable, allowing the propagation of electrochemical signals in the form of nerve impulses that communicate between different regions of the body (Figure 1).
