Muscular System

Muscular System

1. Type of muscle

   • 700 Skeletal muscle
     • Functions
       • Body movement, Maintenance of posture
       • Temperature regulation, Support
       • Storage and movement of material
     • Composition and Layer of connective tissue
     • Muscle attachment
     • Muscle fiber terminology
     • Myoblast
     • Sliding filament theory
     • Muscle Contraction
       • Types of muscle contraction
   • Cardiac muscle
     • Characteristics
       • Has striations
       • Involuntary
       • Single nucleus
       • Location: Heart
       • Join to another muscle at intercalated disc
   • Smooth muscle
     • Characteristics
       • No striations
       • Spindle-shaped cells
       • Involuntary
       • Location: walls of hollow organs

2. Properties of muscle tissue

   • Extensibility
   • Elasticity
   • Contractility
   • Excitability

3. Functions

   • Movement
   • Maintain posture
   • Stabilize joint
   • Generate heat

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