Muscle Tissue Types and Characteristics

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Which type of muscle is attached to bone and under voluntary control?

  • Involuntary skeletal muscle (correct)
  • Non-striated muscle
  • Cardiac muscle
  • Smooth muscle

What is the shape of cardiac muscle fibers?

  • Cylindrical with tapering ends (correct)
  • Spindle-shaped with cylindrical ends
  • Cylindrical with no clear presence of actin and myosin
  • Branching tongue

Which type of muscle exhibits well-defined striations due to the clear presence of actin and myosin?

  • Smooth muscle
  • Involuntary skeletal muscle
  • Cardiac muscle (correct)
  • Non-striated muscle

How do smooth muscle fibers compare in size to skeletal muscle fibers?

<p>Small (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscle contains intercalated discs?

<p>Cardiac muscle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of intercalated discs in cardiac muscle?

<p>Facilitate end to end attachments between adjacent cardiac muscle cells (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the basic functional unit of nervous tissue?

<p>Neuron (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for nervous function?

<p>Central nervous system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are Nissl bodies in a neuron rich in?

<p>RNA (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do axons and dendrites differ in terms of diameter?

<p>Axons have a uniform diameter along its length, while dendrites' thickness decreases gradually towards its end (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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