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LEC Human Histology
Week 3: Tissue General Description
Muscular Tissue / Nervous Tissue
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Muscle Tissue
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Skeletal
: striated voluntary
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Cardiac
: striated involuntary, or visceral
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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
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Excitability
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Conductivity
Organs
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Brain
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Spinal cord
= Nerves
Neural Tissue
Neurons
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transmit signals
Neuroglia
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protection
,
support
(supporting cells)