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Tissues:  Muscle Types

 

skeletal muscle

skeletal muscle

http://www.gen.umn.edu/courses/1135/l

http://www.cretin-derhamhall.org/

Muscle Tissue: Skeletal Muscle

(longitudinal section)

Contain alternating light and dark bands that form striations.

Voluntary Muscle

skeletal msucle

skeletal muscle

http://bicmra.usuhs.mil/MRA/Histology/Muscle/ http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/Core

Muscle Tissue: Skeletal Muscle

(transverse section)

Nuclei and bundles of muscle fibers are visible.

Voluntary Muscle

cardiac muscle cardiac muscle
http://www.gen.umn.edu/courses/1135/lab/ http://w3.ouhsc.edu/histology/

Muscle Tissue: Cardiac Muscle

(both longitudinal (left) and transverse (right) section)

Striated, branched and interconnected by intercalated discs. Found only in the heart

Involuntary muscle

smooth muscle smooth muscle
http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/ssb/NM017b. http://www.bu.edu/histology/p/11602ooa.htm

Muscle Tissue: Smooth Muscle

(both longitudinal (left & right)) and transverse (right) section)

Cells lack striations and are spindle shaped Found in internal organs and vessels.

Involuntary muscle

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