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Overview of Muscular Tissue

Muscular tissue is a specialized tissue composed of muscle fibers that have the ability to contract and cause movement. Muscle fibers are arranged in layers surrounded by connective tissue and contain sarcoplasm and the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The four main properties of muscular tissue are contractibility, extensibility, elasticity, and excitability. The three types of muscular tissue are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle, which perform various functions like movement, organ function, and heart pumping.

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Overview of Muscular Tissue

Muscular tissue is a specialized tissue composed of muscle fibers that have the ability to contract and cause movement. Muscle fibers are arranged in layers surrounded by connective tissue and contain sarcoplasm and the sarcoplasmic reticulum. The four main properties of muscular tissue are contractibility, extensibility, elasticity, and excitability. The three types of muscular tissue are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle, which perform various functions like movement, organ function, and heart pumping.

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  • Introduction to Muscle Tissue
  • Properties of Muscular Tissue
  • Functions of Muscular Tissue
  • Types of Muscular Tissue
  • Review Test

Muscle Tissue

What is the Muscular tissue?


Muscular tissue is a specialized
tissue in animals which applies
forces to different parts of the
body by contraction. It is
composed of cells that have the
special ability to shorten or
contract to cause the movement of
the body parts.
The cells are long and slender-- they are called muscle fibers
which controls how the organism move. These cells are
arranged in layers that are surrounded by connective tissues.

Sarcoplasm is the cytoplasm that can be found in the muscle


fibers. It has a network of membrane known as the
sarcoplasmic reticulum. Sarcolemma is the membrane
surrounding the muscle fibers.
Properties of Muscular tissue:

01 Contractibility 03 Elasticity
The ability of muscle The ability of the
to shrink forcefully. muscle to recoil back
to its original state.

02 Extensibility 04 Excitability
The ability of a the response of the muscle
muscle to be stretch. tissue to a stimulus
delivered from a motor
neuron.
Muscular tissue performs the following
functions:

1. It helps in movement and locomotion.


2. It supports the bones and other structures.
3. It is responsible for peristalsis and parturition.
3 Types of Muscular Tissue:

Cardiac muscles can only be found


in the heart. It is an involuntary
muscle and has striations. The main
function of the cardiac muscle is to
help the heart to pump bloods
through the cardiac contractions.
3 Types of Muscular Tissue:

Smooth muscles can be found in hollow


visceral organs like intestines, stomach,
liver, lungs, pancreas. These are
involuntary muscles and have no
striations that are controlled by the
nervous system. The main function of
this muscle is to help in peristalsis and
the involuntary movement of the body.
3 Types of Muscular Tissue:
Skeletal muscles can be found attached to the
bones, tendons, nerves, joints. This muscle is
voluntary in action and has striations. It is also
known as striated muscles because of the
presence of the alterative pattern of light and dark
bands. These bands are sarcomeres which are
highly structures of actin, myosin, and proteins.
These increase the muscles' ability to contract and
to stretch. The main function of this muscle is to
provide support in the bones and helps in
movement of the body.
Test

1. Type of tissue that is specialized in animals.


2. What is the muscular tissue made of?
3. Cytoplasm that can be found in the muscle fibers.
4 -7. Four properties of muscular tissue.
8. What type of muscular tissue helps with the involuntary
movement of the body?
9. It provides support in the bones and helps in movement of the
body.
10. It helps the heart pump and blood circulations.

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