ANIMAL TISSUE (MUSCLE TISSUE)

• Muscle tissue


  Excitable tissue that can shorten, composed of long cells called muscle fibers that allow the body to move voluntary or involuntary
• Types of muscle tissue

  • Skeletal muscle
  • Smooth muscle
  • Cardiac muscle
• Skeletal muscle

  • Multinucleate
  • Voluntary
  • Striated
• Smooth muscle

  • Involuntary
  • Visceral
  • Not striated with tapered cells
• Cardiac muscle

  • One nucleus per cell
  • Autorhythmic; Involuntary
  • Striated
  • Intercalated disc