Histology- Muscles

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  • Created on: 04-02-13 12:54
What is a muscle?
A tissue whose cells have the ability to contrac to produce force or movement.
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What are the three main types of muscle?
Skeletal, Smooth and Cardiac.
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What is striated muscle?
Both cardiac and skeletal muscle appear striated but it is commonly used to refer to skeletal muscle.
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What about skeletal muscle?
Muscle fibers are very long. There is no cell-cell contact. Contractile units are visible as stripes at microscopic level.
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What about smooth muscle?
Smooth muscle cells are connected by gap junctions therefore contains little connective tissue. The muscle cells are spindle shaped.
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What is the proper name for spindle shaped?
Fusiform.
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What about cardiac muscle?
Connected by intercalated discs. Can be branched.
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What are intercalated discs?
Cell adhesions made up of desmosomes and gap junctions.
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