SKELETAL
The main function of skeletal muscles
Movment
These muscles are only found in this area of the body
Heart
Smooth muscles can be found here
Visceral organs
Unlike cardiac and smooth muscle, this type of muscle requires this specialized junction to initiate contraction.
Neuromuscular junction (NMJ)
Cardiac muscle cells are branched, striated, and contain this number of nuclei.
One (uninucleate)
This protein found in the smooth muscles is a binding site for calcium
Calmodulin
This type of junction is not found in skeletal muscle.
Gap junction
Cardiac muscle relies almost exclusively on this type of metabolism.
Aerobic metabolism
Smooth muscles contract at this speed.
Slow
These descriptive words describe the shape and appearance of skeletal muscles.
Long, cylindrical, striated, and contain multiple nuclei.
Cardiac cells are connected by these structures, which include gap junctions.
Intercalated discs
Unlike skeletal and cardiac muscle cells, smooth muscle cells lack this structure, giving them their non-sriated shape.
Organized myofibrils
Movment
Maintain Posture
Stabilize Joints
Gerate Heat
While both cardiac and skeletal muscle have striations, only this one contracts without direct nerve stimulation due to these cells.
Pacemaker cells
Borrowed from the New Latin phrase, meaning "spindle of obscure origin", this word describes the shape of smooth muscle cells
Fusiform