types of muscle tissue

refered to as muscle fibers

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

contracts rapidly; tire easily; powerful

only found in heart walls, is striated and involuntary

found in walls of hollow organs, is involuntary

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

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

single, spingle shaped, unnucleated, no striations

ability to revieve and respond to stimuli

ability to shorten forcibly when stimulated

ability to be stetched

ability to recoil to resting length

which is not a feature of skeletal muscle?

supply consciously controlled skeletal muscle fibers with chemical signals to control activity

supplies contracting muscle fibers with the huge amounts of oxygen and nutrients required for function

quickly remove waste products

dense regular connective tissue surrouding entire muscle, may blend with fascia

fibrous connective tissue surrounding fascicles

fine areolar connective tissue surrounding each muscle fiber

attachment to movable bones

attachment to immovable or less movable bone

epimysium fused to periosteum of bone or perichondrium of cartilage

connective tissue wrappings extend beyond muscle as ropelike tendon or sheetlike aponeurosis

hundreds of thousands of muscle cells, plus connective tissue wrappings, blood vessels, and nerve fibers

discrete bundle of muscle cells, segregated from the rest of the muscle by a connective tissue sheath

elondated multinucleated cell; has a banded (striated) appearance

stripes formed from repeating series of dark and light bands along length of each myofibril

densley packed, rodlike elements that have striations, sarcomeres, and myofilaments

muscle fiber cytoplasm

muscle fiber plasma membrane

thin filament

thick filaments

composed of myosin proteins

composed of actin proteins

muscle fiber cannot be stimulated for a specific amount of time, until reporization is complete

longg, threadlike extensions of motor neurons that travel from CNS to skeletal muscle

shortening of muscle fibers, the generation of force

caused when myosin heads bind to actin