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muscles that are voluntary and controlled consciosly are called:
skeletal muscle
muscles that control itself with assistance from the nervous and endocrine system; found only in the heart is called:
cardiac muscle
involunatry muscle, controlled unconsciously found in the walls of blood vessels and internal organs are called:
smooth muscle
bands of tough, fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone are called:
tendons
small bundles of muscle fibers are called:
fasciculus
long multinucleated cells that generate force when stimulated are called:
muscle fibers
the portion of muscle composed of the thin and thick myofilaments (actin & myosin) is called:
myofibrils
contracile proteins in the muscles are called:
actin
myosin
desribe the 2 roles of connective tissue:
stabilize and supports components of skeletal muscle
surrounds muscle at each organizational level
list and describe the 3 layers of connective tissue:
epimysium
: covers the whole muscle
perimysium
: covers the bundles of muscle fibers
endomysium
: covers individual muscle fibers
Author
itzlinds
ID
238476
Card Set
HSC303_CH3
Description
skeletal muscle system
Updated
2013-10-03T02:31:39Z
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