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This lesson will introduce the structure and function of the bodies muscular system including the three types of muscle.
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Source: Classes of Muscle; Public Domain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illu_muscle_tissues.jpg
A form of muscle that contains short, branched, striated single nucleated cells; cardiac muscle is only located in the heart and is used to pump blood throughout the cardiovascular system.
Muscle that we have no conscious control of; cardiac and smooth muscle are in this category.
One of the eleven organ systems of the human body; contains three different types of histologically different forms of muscle (smooth, cardiac, skeletal) that are found in different areas of the body but all share the same primary function and movement.
A form of muscle that contains very long, striated, multinucleated cells; skeletal muscles are the largest form of muscles in the body and attached to the skeleton; these are used for the movement of our bones, generate heat and protect deeper internal organs.
A form of muscle that contains short, tube-like (fusiform) single nucleated cells; smooth muscle range from having many layers to a single layer of cells; smooth muscle is found in the walls of hollow organs.
Muscle that we have conscious control of; skeletal muscle is the only one of the three.
