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Muscle tissue |
-specialized for connection Product all body movement There type of muscle tissue |
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Skeletal muscle tissue |
Large body muscle responsible for movement |
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Cardiac muscle tissue |
Found only in the heart |
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Smooth muscle tissue |
Found in the wall of hollow contracting organs blood vessels but insert bladder respiratory digestive and reproductive |
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Muscle cells |
Striated muscle cells with a banded appearence No strained not banded smooth Muscle cells can have a single nucleus Or multi nuclear Controlled voluntarily or involuntarily |
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Muscle tissue Skeletal muscle |
Long and thin Usually called muscle fibers Do not divide New fibers are produced by stem cells Myosatellite cells |
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Cardiac muscle cells |
Called cardio cytes Regulated by pacemaker cells Form branching network connected at intercalated disc |
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Smooth muscle |
Small and tapered Can divide and regenerate |
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Neural tissue Nervous or nerve tissue |
Specialized for conducting electrical impulses Rapidly senses internal or external environment Processes information and control responses |
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Neural tissue is connected in |
Central nervous system Brain Spinal cord |
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To type neural cells |
Neurons -nerve cells -perform electrical communication Neuroglia - supporting cells -repair and supply nutrients to neurons |
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Cell parts of a neuron |
-Cell body Contains the nucleus and nucleolus -Dendrites Short branches extending from the cell body Revive incoming signal -axon (nerve fiber) -long m,thin extension of the cell body Carries outgoing electrical signals to their destination |
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