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14 Cards in this Set
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muscle |
one of the four basic tissues main function is locomotion |
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smooth muscle |
-found in walls of hollow organs -elongated spindle cells -single nucelus in the middle of cell -no striations -involuntary movement |
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cardiac muscle |
-wall of the heart -branched cells joined by inctercalated discs -usually one nucleus in the middle of the cell -striated -involuntary movement |
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skeletal muscle |
-attached to the skeleton by tendons -mutiple nuclei at periphery of cell -striated -voluntary movement -highly organized |
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epimysium or deep fascia |
layer of C.T. that surrounds bundles of skeletal muscle outermost layer |
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fascicles |
cellular bundles in muscle |
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perimysium |
C.T. that subdivides the muscle into fascicles |
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endomysium |
C.T. that surrounds each muscle fiber (cell) |
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muscle fiber |
a syncytium or giant cell formed by the fusion of many uninuclear muscle cells |
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microfibril |
substructure of a muscle fiber |
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microfilaments |
subdivision of a microfibril individual actin or myosin filaments |
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cardiac muscle |
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skeletal muscle |
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smooth muscle |
