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    This document discusses the three main types of muscle tissue: skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle is composed of elongated, cylindrical cells with peripheral nuclei. Cardiac muscle has long, branched cells with one or two central nuclei. Smooth muscle contains spindle-shaped cells with a single central nucleus. The key distinguishing characteristics between the three muscle types are their striation, cell shape, number of nuclei, filament ratio, and motor control.

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    This document discusses the three main types of muscle tissue: skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle is composed of elongated, cylindrical cells with peripheral nuclei. Cardiac muscle has long, branched cells with one or two central nuclei. Smooth muscle contains spindle-shaped cells with a single central nucleus. The key distinguishing characteristics between the three muscle types are their striation, cell shape, number of nuclei, filament ratio, and motor control.

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    HUMAN HISTOLOGY LABORATORY|MIDTERMS

    Muscle Tissue

    General Features Types of Muscle Tissue


    Terminology:  Skeletal
     Cardiac
     prefixes sarco and myo
     Smooth
    Specialization for Contraction:
    Skeletal Muscle
     Myofilaments: thin filaments containing
     Mature muscle fibers are elongated,
    actin and thick filaments containing
    unbranched, cylindrical, and
    myosin.
    multinucleated cells.
    Mesodermal Origin  flattened, peripheral nuclei

     Nearly all muscle cells arises from Cardiac Muscle


    mesoderm. Smooth muscle cells of the
     Cardiac muscle fibers are long, branched
    iris arise from ectoderm.
    cells with one or two ovoid central
    Cell Shape nuclei.

     The length of the muscle cells is greater Smooth Muscle


    than its width. Muscle cells are
     Mature smooth muscle fibers, are
    therefore often calls muscle fibers or
    spindle-shaped cells with a single
    myofibers.
    central ovoid nucleus.

    Distinguishing Characteristics of Muscle Types

    Features Skeletal Cardiac Smooth


    Striation Striated Striated Non-striated
    Cells Thick, long, cylindric, Branched, cylindric Small, spindle shaped
    unbranched

    Nuclei per cell Many: peripheral One or two; central One; central
    Filament ratio Six thin/ one thick Six thin/ one thick Twelve thin/ one thick
    Motor-end plates Present Absent Absent
    Motor control Voluntary Involuntary Involuntary

    2ND SEMESTER|BSMT

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