| Question |
Answer |
| Name the 3 types of muscle tissue. |
Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth |
| What is the only kind of muscle tissue that is NOT striated? |
Smooth muscle tissue |
| What is the only kind of muscle tissue that is voluntary? |
Skeletal muscle tissue |
| What are the FOUR key functions of muscle tissue? |
producing body movements, stabilizing body positions, storing and moving substances within the body, generating heat |
| What are the FOUR special properties of muscle tissue? |
electrical excitability, contractility, extensibility, and elasticity |
| What is the outermost layer surrounding muscle tissue? |
Epimysium |
| Perimysium surroundfs groups of 10 to 100 muscle fibers, separating them into bundles called _________. |
Fascicles |
| Both epimysium and perimysium are _____ ______ connective tissue. |
dense irregular |
| the innermost layer of muscle tissue is called _______. |
endomysium |