Summary: Anatomy

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  • What are the three way muscles differ?

    * cell structure
    * body location
    * how they contract
  • What does the prefix mys mean?

    muscle
  • What does the prefix sacra mean?

    Flesh
  • What are the characteristics of cardiac muscle?

    * striations
    * single nucleus
    * intercalated discs
    * involuntary function
  • What are characteristics of smooth muscle?

    * no striations
    * spindle-shaped
    * single nucleus
    * involuntary function
  • How are smooth muscle cells arranged?

    in sheets or layers
  • Where is smooth muscle found?

    in the walls if hollow visceral organs
    * stomach
    * urinary bladder
    * respiratory passages
  • What are characteristics of skeletal muscle?

    * attached by tendons to bones
    * cigar shaped
    * multinucleate 
    * striations
    * voluntary movement
  • What protects the fibers from tearing?

    connective tissue provides strength and supports the whole muscle
  • what wraps several fascicles together?

    the epimysium
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