prefixes of muscles (3)

• myel-

• myo-

• mys-

• sarco-

types of muscle tissue

• skeletal

• nervous

• cardiac

• smooth

refered to as muscle fibers

• skeletal

• nervous

• cardiac

• smooth

has the longest fibers and contains striations, is a voluntary muscle

• skeletal

• nervous

• cardiac

• smooth

contracts rapidly; tire easily; powerful

• skeletal

• nervous

• cardiac

• smooth

only found in heart walls, is striated and involuntary

• skeletal

• nervous

• cardiac

• smooth

found in walls of hollow organs, is involuntary

• skeletal

• nervous

• cardiac

• smooth

single, very long, cylindrical, multinucleated cells with obvious striations

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

branching chains of cells; can be uni or binucleated, has striations

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

single, spingle shaped, unnucleated, no striations

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth