Connective Tissue (CT) Found everywhere in the body Protect, support and bind structures together Fill spaces, store fat, produce blood cells Have extracellular.
Properties of Muscle Contractility –Ability of a muscle to shorten with force Excitability –Capacity of muscle to respond to a stimulus Extensibility.
What types of cells are found in muscle tissue? How are these cells specialized to carry out their function? What does BMI measure?
The Muscular System Chapters 9 & 10. Muscle Types: General Characteristics There are three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth & cardiac Most muscle.
Muscular System Functions Body movement Maintenance of posture Production of body heat Communication Constriction of organs and vessels Heart beat.
1 Chapter 9 Muscular System: Histology and Physiology.
9-1 Anatomy and Physiology, Sixth Edition Rod R. Seeley Idaho State University Trent D. Stephens Idaho State University Philip Tate Phoenix College Copyright.
The Muscular System. MUSCULAR SYSTEM Types of Muscle Tissue: Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac Skeletal, aka “striated” voluntary – attached to bones and.
Muscle Physiology:. Muscular System Functions Body movement Body movement Maintenance of posture Maintenance of posture Respiration Respiration Production.
Animal Organization & Homeostasis Chapter 33. Animal Organization & Homeostasis 2 Types of Epithelial Tissues in the Vertebrates.
The Muscular System. Muscle tissue overview All muscle cells are elongated, thus, all muscle cells, regardless of type, are called muscle fibers The ability.
OBJECTIVES At the end of this lecture the student should be able to: Define different types of muscles Enumerate cellular organization of human skeletal.
