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
