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Title

ANT 311

Description

Chapter 9: Muscular System: Histology

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Subject

Anatomy

Level

Undergraduate 2

Created

06/05/2009

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Term

Skeletal muscle tissue

Definition

-Attached mainly to bones, striated, voluntary

-Cells are long and cylinder like and have more than one nucleus

Term

Cardiac muscle tissue

Definition

-Found in the heart, involuntary

-Cells are shorter in length and are branched unlike skeletal muscle fibers

-Cells have many gap junctions

Term

Smooth muscle tissue

Definition

-Located in the walls of hollow organs and in skin, nonstriated, involuntary

-Very different from other muscle tissues