Muscle/ Nerve Tissue Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Muscle Tissue Function | Specialized to contract or shorten to produce movement. Muscle cells known as muscle fibers. Types: Skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
Skeletal muscle | Controlled voluntarily. When they contract, they pull on bones or skins by their connecting tendons o create body movements. Have obvious striations. 3 types: Fast twitch, slow, and intermediate. Many nuclei in order to move |
Cardiac Muscle | Found only in the heart. Have striations, but only 1 or 2 nuclei. Cells Connected by intercalated discs to increase the response of the heart for the contraction rate. Involuntarily controlled |
Smooth Muscle | No Striations. Found in walls of hollow organs such as stomach bladder, uterus, blood vessels. |
Nervous tissue | Group of Neurons (most important cell). Receive and conduct electrochemical impulses from all over the body. Specialized tissue. Found all over the body |
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