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Contracts or shortens with force.
Moves entire body and pumps blood.
Cells have electrical currents. |
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Attaches to bone
Voluntary in action
Striated in appearance
Multi-nuclear |
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Involuntary in action
Striated in appearance
Contains intercalated disks |
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| Where cells in cardiac muscle come together. Provides greater communication between cells via gap junctions. |
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Typically found in hollow organs and blood vessels.
Involuntary in action
Non-striated in appearance
Contractions called peristalsis |
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| Wave-like contractions of smooth muscle tissue. |
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| Has the ability to conduct electrical impulses. |
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| Two types of nervous tissue cells |
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| Cells that transmit action potentials |
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| Cells that support neuronal function. Support cells of brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. |
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| Four Layers of Embryonic Tissue |
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Endoderm
Mesoderm
Ectoderm
Mesenchyme |
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| Inner layer of embryonic tissue that forms the digestive tract. |
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| Middle layer of embryonic tissue that forms bone, muscle, and blood vessels. |
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| Outer layer of embryonic tissue that forms skin and nervous tissue |
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| Embryonic connective tissue that forms in both the mesoderm and the ectoderm. |
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- Consists of epithelial tisue and loose connective tissue.
- Found in cavities that open to the outside of the body.
- Function depends on location, but includes protection, absorption and secretion.
- May contain goblet cells.
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- Consists of simple squamous epithelium, a basement membrane and loose connective tissue.
- Line cavities that do not exit body.
- Protect and hold organs in place.
- Produce fluid that lubricates b/w double layers.
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| Three examples of serous membrane |
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Pleural membrane - surrounds lungs
Pericardium - surrounds heart
Peritoneium - surrounds digestive tract |
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| Modified connective tissue that forms joint capsules of freely moving joints. |
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| Liquid secreted by synovial membranes containing high concentrations of hyaluronic acid and found within joints. |
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