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What is muscular tissue? |
A tissue specialized to produce motion in response to muscle action potentials by its qualities of contractility, extensibility, elasticity, and excitability; types include skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. |
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What are the three types of muscular tissue? |
skeletal, cardiac, smooth |
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What type of tissue is this? |
Skeletal muscle tissue |
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Where would you find skeletal muscle tissue? |
Usually attached to bones by tendons. |
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What are the functions of skeletal muscle tissue? |
Motion, posture, heat production, protection. |
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What type of tissue is this? |
Cardiac muscle tissue |
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Where would you find cardiac muscle tissue? |
Heart wall. |
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What are the functions of cardiac muscle tissue? |
Pumps blood to all parts of body. |
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What type of tissue is this? |
smooth muscle tissue |
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Where would you find smooth muscle tissue? |
Iris of eyes; walls of hollow internal structures such as blood vessels, airways to lungs, stomach, intestines, gallbladder, urinary bladder, and uterus. |
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What are the functions of smooth muscle tissue? |
Motion (constriction of blood vessels and airways, propulsion of foods through gastrointestinal tract, contraction of urinary bladder and gallbladder). |