Muscular Tissue

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Cardiac muscle tissue cell description

- short, cylindrical cells - one/two centrally located nuclei - some bifurcate - striations - intercalated discs

Smooth muscle tissue cell description

- spindle shaped cells - one centrally located nucleus - in the walls of hollow organs (NO striations)

function of cardiac muscle tissue

circulates blood, maintains blood pressure

Skeletal muscle tissue cell description

long cylindrical, multinucleated, nuclei at periphery

function of smooth muscle tissue

move materials through hollow organs

function of skeletal muscle tissue

move skeleton, stabilize joints, produce heat when contracted


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