Muscular Tissue / Nervous Tissue

Cards (4)

  • Muscle Tissue
    = Skeletal: striated voluntary
    = Cardiac: striated involuntary, or visceral
    = Smooth: non-striated involuntary
  • Neural Tissue
    • SPECIALIZED TO CONDUCT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES THAT CONVEY INFORMATION FROM ONE AREA OF THE BODY TO ANOTHER
  • Neural Tissue
    Functions
    = rapid regulation and integration of body activities
    Specialized characteristics
    = Excitability
    = Conductivity
    Organs
    = Brain
    = Spinal cord
    = Nerves
  • Neural Tissue
    Neurons
    = transmit signals
    Neuroglia
    = protection, support (supporting cells)