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16 Cards in this Set
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____ ____ is highly cellular and is well vascularized
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muscle tissue
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muscle cells =
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muscle fibers - contraction
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muscle tissue main function
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locomotion (skeletal) - blood vessel contraction/peristalsis (smooth) - contract heart (cardiac)
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3 types of muscle tissue
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skeletal - cardiac - smooth
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skeletal muscle description
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long cylindrical cells - multinucleated - striated
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skeletal muscle function
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voluntary movement
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skeletal muscle location
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attached to bone or skin
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cardiac muscle description
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branching striated fibers - 1 or 2 central nucleus - intercalated
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cardiac muscle function
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involuntary - pump blood
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cardiac muscle location
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walls of heart
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smooth muscle description
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involuntary - spindle shape - no striations - 1 central nucleus
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smooth muscle function
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involuntary - peristalsis
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smooth muscle location
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walls of hollow organs - walls of blood vessels
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nervous tissue are
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highly specialized neurons - support cells
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nervous tissue function
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generate + conduct nerve impulses
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nervous tissue location
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brain - spinal cord - nerves
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