Muscle Tissue
What type of muscle tissue is also called striated muscle?
Skeletal muscle
This is a specialized cell that transmits electrical signals.
What is a neuron.
List the 4 types of tissue.
Epithelial; Connective; Nervous; Muscle.
Bonus: What is the most abundant of the four types of tissue?
What is another name for smooth muscle. (hint: this name reflects the fact that smooth muscle is generally found in walls of organs)
visceral muscle
Which type of membrane lines all body cavities that open to the exterior of the body?
Mucous membrane (digestive, urinary, reproductive, respiratory)
What is the function of intercalated discs?
They are junctions at which cardiac muscle cells meet which promotes rapid conduction of coordinated electrical signals throughout the heart.
Which type of membrane lines the walls of cavity (wallpaper)? Which covers the outside part of the organ?
parietal layer visceral layer
Which type of tissue is composed of cells that shorten, or contract?
Muscle tissue
What are the 3 serous membranes?
pleurae; pericardium; peritoneum. Bonus: where is each found?
Name the 3 types of muscle tissue. Indicate whether each is voluntary or involuntary.
Skeletal Smooth cardiac
Diagram a nerve. Include the soma, nucleus, dendrites, axon, myelin and axon terminal.
Which way does the nerve impulse travel?
These cells support and take care of neurons.
Neuroglia (glia)