Anatomy- Muscle tissues

Skeletal muscle is attached to

bones

Is skeletal muscle voluntary? (control by conscious effort like walking)

yes

The cells are

long and cylindrical, striations, many nuclei, and contract from nervous impulse

Smooth muscle tissue lacks what

striations

Smooth muscle tissues has one

nucleus

Smooth muscle tissues cells are shaped

spindle

Is smooth muscle voluntary?

no

Smooth muscle is found

in walls of internal organs of the digestive tract and blood vessels

Cardiac muscle is found in the

heart

Cardiac muscle consists branching fibers that are connected to each other with what?

intercalated disks

Is cardiac muscle voluntary?

no

Nervous tissue is found in

brain, spinal cord, and nerves

Neurons conduct

nervous impluses

What does neuroglia do?

supports and nourish the nuerons