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no NAME OF THE STRUCTURE LOCATION FUNCTIONS


: TISSUE
III. Muscular  Long fibres which  Around bones,  Expansion and
Tissue are nucleated and internal organs contraction of
striated with light (stomach, muscles, which
and dark bands oesophagus, results in movement
across the fibres intestines, of bones and other
 Can contract and urinary bladder, organs.
relax due to actin etc.) and other
and body parts
myosin(contractile
protein)

 Sarcoplasm
(specialised
cytoplasm).

 Sarcolemma (Hard,
covering, protective
membrane).
a) Striated  Long fibres  Arms, legs, face,  These muscles move
Muscles/  Multi-nucleated neck, etc. only when you want
Striped/
Skeletal/ (coenocytic) them to, i.e., they are
Voluntary  Consists of thick, dark under your control or
muscles and thin, light bands will.
called striations due  Also known as
the presence of voluntary or skeletal
protein filaments of muscles.
actin and myosin  Helps in the
respectively. movement of bones.

b)  Unstriated  Spindle-shaped  Walls of  Not under our control


muscles/  Slender intestines or will.
Smooth/  Tapering cells  Iris of the eye  Movement of internal
Involuntary  Uni-nucleated  Skin
muscles organs.
 Sarcolemma absent  Lining of blood  Involuntary action
vessels
 Urinary bladder
 Uterus
c) Cardiac  Striated  Only found in  Involuntary muscles.
Muscles  Uni-nucleated, the walls of the  Helps in the
branched and short heart. contraction and
 Sarcolemma and relaxation of the heart.
sarcoplasm present
 Comprise of
‘intercalated discs’
which perform
special electrical
function.

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