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What are the common characteristics? |
1. Very vascular 2. Lots of cells and low matrix 3. Responsible for movement 4. Myofilaments with lots of actin and myosin protein. |
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what are the three types of muscle? |
1. Cardiac 2. Smooth 3. Skeletal |
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Smooth muscle Description |
Not striated, tight sheets of cells, spindle shaped cells. |
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Smooth muscle function |
Move substances through the body- involuntarily. |
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Smooth muscle location |
Walls of hollow organs- uterus and digestive tract. |
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Cardiac Muscle description |
Striations, branched cells, nuclei in the center of the cell, intercalated discs. |
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Cardiac Muscle function |
Involuntary movement, pumps blood. |
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Cardiac Muscle Location |
Heart |
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Skeletal muscle description |
Striations, very dense, multiple nuclei on the outside of cells. |
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Skeletal muscle function |
Voluntary moment |
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Skeletal muscle location |
Muscles attached to bone or skin. |
