I.

The function of ALL muscles is to

CONTRACT.

Muscles do not push they only pull.

ELECTRICAL STIMULATION in order to contract. B. Only the CARDIAC muscle can

A. Most muscle cells need contract spontaneously.

1. These muscles are under our conscious control =

VOLUNTARY

2. They appear banded under the microscope =

STRIATED

3. They are shaped like LONG CYLINDERS packed together much like a bundle of drinking straws.

4. These muscles have more than one

NUCLEI

5. When these muscles contract a

MUSCLE moves.

BONEor another

NON-MOVING bone or muscle insertion = MOVING bone or muscle

origin =

6. These muscles are covered by connective tissue.

THREE layers of

7. There are about

600 different skeletal muscles.

8. These muscles make up

40% of the weight

of the body.

1. These muscles are not under our conscious control =

INVOLUNTARY

Longitudinal Section of Smooth muscle

Single smooth muscle cell

involuntary Cross section

2. These muscles are found around stomach and blood vessels.

ORGANS like the

3. When these muscles contract the of the organs they surround change and are moved through the body.

VOLUME

MATERIALS

SPINDLES and are packed tightly into SHEETS.

4. These muscles are shaped like

5. These muscles have only

ONE nuclei per cell.

6. These muscles are usually found organized into

at

RIGHT angles to each other. a.) LONGITUDINAL smooth muscles run

along the length of the organ. b.)

2 layers

CIRCULAR smooth muscles run around the

width of an organ

c.) These layer contract move materials through the organs

ALTERNATELY to

The outer muscle layer Runs longitudinally

An inner layer of muscle Circles the opening of the Intestine.

1. These muscles are not under our conscious control =

INVOLUNTARY

Found in the walls of the heart.

Involuntary

2. These muscles appear banded under the microscope=

STRIATED

3. These muscles are shaped like branching striped

WRENCHES
4. The branches connect at

INTERCALATED discs.

5. There is one nucleus per cell

6. They are able to contract

SPONTANEOUSLY

7. The cells are arranged in SPIRALS or

figure

bundles.

8. When these muscles contract the internal

VOLUME of

the heart changes.

9.These muscles are responsible

for pumping BLOOD through the heart.