Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - Nervous and Muscular Tissues-Excitable Tissues - Before You Go On - Page 161: 18

Answer

a. smooth- in artery and arteriole walls, internal organs, involuntary movement such as the gastrointestinal tract and esophagus. Smooth muscle is not striated. b. skeletal- attached to bones, important for voluntary movement, limbs etc. Skeletal muscle is striated(dark and light lines) c. cardiac- located only in heart. Cardiac muscle has intercalated discs (gap junctions) between cardiac cells so that the electrical flow can spread within the heart for contraction.

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Page 159-160 Muscular Tissue
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