Muscular System

Type of muscle
1. 700 Skeletal muscle
  1. Functions
    1. Body movement, Maintenance of posture
    2. Temperature regulation, Support
    3. Storage and movement of material
  2. Composition and Layer of connective tissue
  3. Muscle attachment
  4. Muscle fiber terminology
  5. Myoblast
  6. Sliding filament theory
  7. Muscle Contraction
    1. Types of muscle contraction
2. Cardiac muscle
  1. Characteristics
    1. Has striations
    2. Involuntary
    3. Single nucleus
    4. Location: Heart
    5. Join to another muscle at intercalated disc
3. Smooth muscle
  1. Characteristics
    1. No striations
    2. Spindle-shaped cells
    3. Involuntary
    4. Location: walls of hollow organs
Properties of muscle tissue
1. Extensibility
2. Elasticity
3. Contractility
4. Excitability
Functions
1. Movement
2. Maintain posture
3. Stabilize joint
4. Generate heat

Resource summary

	Created by Alia Razak about 6 years ago