Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Muscle Tissues Muscle tissues Skeletal (striated) muscle Used to move skeleton Cardiac muscle Intercalated discs Smooth muscle Found in hollow organs and blood vessel walls
Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Skeletal Muscle Tissue Figure 4.14a
Skeletal Muscle
Smooth muscle cell Nucleus Smooth muscle APPERANCE: not striated, single nuclei LOCATIONS: Encircles blood vessels; found in walls of hollow organs (digestive tract, etc) FUNCTIONS: Involuntary movement of food, and secretions; control of vessel diameter
Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Smooth Muscle Tissue Figure 4.14c
Smooth muscle
Smooth Muscle
Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Cardiac Muscle Tissue Figure 4.14b
Nucleus Cardiac muscle cells Intercalated discs Striations Cardiac muscle APPERANCE: striated with branched cells, single nuclei, and intercalated discs LOCATIONS: walls of heart (myocardium) FUNCTIONS: involuntary beating of heart
Cardiac muscle, longitudinal section Cardiac Muscle
Intercalated discs
Neuromuscular junction axon Neuromuscular junction Motor neuron
NOTE: Each muscle fiber is innervated by only ONE neuron Neuromuscular junction
Skeletal Cardiac Smooth V. Muscle Tissue Neuromuscular junction