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What type of tissue is this?
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Skeletal muscle tissue
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What type of tissue is this?
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Cardiac muscle tissue
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What type of tissue is this?
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Smooth muscle tissue
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Describe skeletal muscle tissue. Function? Location?
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Description: : Long, cylindrical,
multinucleate cells; striated Function: Voluntary movement; locomotion; manipulation of the environment; facial expression Location : In skeletal muscles attached to bones or occasionally to skin. |
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Describe cardiac muscle tissue. Function? Location?
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Description: Branched, striated, cells form special connections called "intercalated discs"
Function: Involuntary motion, propels blood in circulation as it contracts Location: Walls of the heart |
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Describe smooth muscle tissue. Function? Location?
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Description: Only muscle tissue that is NOT striated, cells closely arranged in sheets
Function: Involuntary control, Propels substances or objects (food, a baby) down internal passageways Location: Walls of hollow organs |
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What type of tissue is this?
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Nervous tissue
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Describe nervous tissue. Function? Location?
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Description: Long, branching cells. Length allows neurons to deliver a single impulse over a long distance. Made of neurons and neuroglia (AKA glial cells--supporting cells)
Function: rReceive stimuli from sensory receptors and transmit electrical signals in response to get muscles and glands to act throughout the body Location: Brain, spinal cord and nerves |
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What type of tissue is this?
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Cardiac muscle tissue (see how it is branched & intercalated discs)
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