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Cardiac muscle

Muscles

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Acetylcholine
Myocyte
Anatomical terms of muscle

Muscle Types & Characteristics Name ______________________________ Date ______________________Pd_______ Label each type of muscle pictured below and list the location and characteristics of each type. Location Cell Characteristics Contraction Characteristics Type ?Science Island Muscle Types & Characteristics ANSWER KEY Label each type of muscle pictured below and list the location and characteristics of each type. Location Cell Characteristics Contraction Characteristics Type ?Science Island Cardiac Muscle Skeletal Muscle Smooth Muscle Walls of the heart; also called myocardium Attached to bones (facial muscles are attached to other muscles or skin) In the walls of hollow internal organs and blood vessels Striated Branching chains of cells Intercalated discs One nucleus

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Cardiac muscle
Troponin

Myology - study of muscles Kinesiology- study of movement of human body Types of muscle tissue - differ from one another by microscopic anatomy, location, and control by the nervous systemMyology skeletal muscle - (striated) attached to bone, multi-nucleated, voluntary\ cardiac muscle - only in heart, striated, 1-2 nuclei, involuntary smooth muscle - (visceral) walls of hollow internal structures, non-striated, one nucleus, involuntary Functions of Muscle Tissue locomotion - movement of the body motion - movement of substances within the body maintenance of posture thermogenesis - muscle contractions produce 85% of all body heat Organization of Skeletal Muscle all skeletal muscle is protected by deep fascia, which surrounds the muscle and holds muscle tissue together
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