muscle + nervous tissue

muscle tissue main function

produce movement

muscle tissue types

skeletal, smooth, cardiac

skeletal muscle is under __________ control

voluntary

skeletal muscle contracts to pull on _____ or _____

skin, bone

skeletal muscle pulls in ____ direction, so it works in ______

one, pairs

skeletal muscle functions

produces gross body movements and facial expressions

skeletal muscle characteristics

striated, multinucleate

shape of skeletal muscle cells

long, cylindrical

cardiac muscle location

heart

cardiac muscle is under __________ control

involuntary

cardiac muscle function

pump blood

cardiac muscle characteristics

striated, one nucleus

cardiac muscle cells are attached at ________ disks

intercalated

smooth muscle is under __________ control

involuntary

smooth muscle locations

walls of hollow organs (stomach, uterus, etc)

smooth muscle characteristics

no striations, one nucleus

shape of smooth muscle cells

spindle-shaped

nervous tissue is made up of:

neurons and nerve support cells

nervous tissue function

send impulses around the body

coordinates, regulates, integrates

nervous tissue

irritability

detect stimulus

conductivity

transmit electrical signal

neuroglia are:

support cells

neuroglia functions

support, insulate, protect neurons

long __________ extensions help neurons conduct and receive electrical impulses

cytoplasmic