ANAT 100 - Block Theory 1 Exam questions and answers Graded A+ |BRAND NEW

ANAT 100 - Block Theory 1 Exam questions and answers Graded A+ |BRAND NEW Functions of Muscles - movement (moving the skeleton) - beating heart - digestion - constriction of blood vessels Types of Muscle - skeletal - cardiac - smooth Skeletal Muscles - helps the human body move - most skeletal muscle is attached to the bones via tendons - striated - multi nucleated - Voluntary Movement - makes up about 1/2 of a persons weight - each muscle is composed of skeletal muscles, epithelial, connective, and nervous tissue Cardiac Muscles - found in the heart - contracts rhythmically from signals from neurons and hormones - striated - uni/bi nucleated - involuntary movement Smooth Muscle - controlled by the nervous system or hormones - may be generally inactive and then response to stimulation, or it may be