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Overview of Muscular Tissue Types

This document discusses the three types of muscle tissue: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle is voluntary striated muscle attached to bone that functions in movement, posture and expression. Cardiac muscle is also striated and functions to involuntarily pump blood through the heart. Smooth muscle has spindle-shaped cells and is involuntary muscle that aids in peristalsis and is found within blood vessels and hollow organs.

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Overview of Muscular Tissue Types

This document discusses the three types of muscle tissue: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle is voluntary striated muscle attached to bone that functions in movement, posture and expression. Cardiac muscle is also striated and functions to involuntarily pump blood through the heart. Smooth muscle has spindle-shaped cells and is involuntary muscle that aids in peristalsis and is found within blood vessels and hollow organs.

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Muscular Tissue

By: Kristin Tuccillo


What are the main functions of
muscular tissue?

 Movement
 Maintenance of posture
 Joint stabilization
 Heat generation
What are the four functional features
of muscle tissue?

 Contractility
 Excitability
 Extensibility
 Elasticity
What are the three types of muscle tissue?

1) Skeletal Muscle Tissue

2) Cardiac Muscle Tissue

3) Smooth Muscle Tissue


What muscle tissue is this?
Skeletal Muscle
What are 6 features of this tissue?

Long, cylindrical
cells

Multinucleated

Obvious striations

Muscle fiber

A band (myosin)

I band (actin)
What are its four main functions?

1) Voluntary
movement

2) Locomotion

3) Expression

4) Voluntary control
Where is this tissue located?

•Muscles attached
to bone

•Occasionally
muscle attached
to skin
What muscle tissue is this?
Cardiac Muscle
What are 6 features of this tissue?

Branching

Striated

Intercalated disks

Nucleus

A band (myosin)

I band (actin)
What is its main function?

Involuntarily
propels blood
to and from
heart
Where is this tissue located?

Within the
walls of the
heart
What muscle tissue is this?
Smooth Muscle
What are 2 main features of this tissue?

Spindle shape cells

Central nuclei
What is its main function?

Involuntary
peristaltic
movement
Where is this tissue located?

•Walls of hollow
organs

•Walls of blood
vessels

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