🧠 SET 3: Types of Muscle Tissue AND 🧵 SET 5: Connective Tissue (Fascia)
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14 Terms
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac
What are the main differences between muscle types?
Structure, location, function, and activation
What is the function of skeletal muscle?
Movement, posture, and heat production
What is the function of smooth muscle?
Moving substances through organs and maintaining pressure
What is the function of cardiac muscle?
Pumping blood
Where is smooth muscle found?
In walls of hollow organs and vessels
Where is cardiac muscle found?
In the heart
What makes each muscle a discrete organ?
It contains muscle tissue, nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissue
What is fascia?
Connective tissue that surrounds and separates muscles
What is epimysium?
Connective tissue surrounding the entire muscle
What is perimysium?
Connective tissue surrounding fascicles
What is endomysium?
Connective tissue surrounding individual muscle fibers
Why is connective tissue important in muscle?
It allows blood vessels and nerves to reach fibers
What structures connect muscle to bone?
Tendons
