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What is the function of muscle tissue?
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To contract or shorten.
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What are the main types of muscle tissue?
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Skeletal Muscle, Cardiac Muscle, Smooth Muscle
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Where is skeletal muscle located?
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Forms the flesh of the body.
4
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What is the function of skeletal muscle?
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Movement. It can be controlled voluntarily.
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Where is cardiac muscle located?
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In the heart.
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What is the function of cardiac tissue?
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Pump and propel blood through the blood vessels.
7
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Where is smooth, or visceral muscle found?
A
Found in the walls of hollow organs.
8
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What is the function of smooth muscle?
A
Move substances through the organs that they form the walls of.
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Decks in class (34)
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Chapter 1: Anterior Body Landmarks28
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Chapter 1: Posterior Body Landmarks11
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Chapter 1: Orientation and Directional Terms11
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Chapter 2: Basic Chemistry43
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Chapter 1: Body Cavities5
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Chapter 1: 11 body systems and what they do.20
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Chapter 1: Maintaining Life8
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Chapter 1: Survival Needs5
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Chapter 1: Homeostasis7
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Chapter 1: Body Planes and Sections4
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Chapter 2: Acids and Bases10
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Chapter 2: Organic Compounds3
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Chapter 3: Cells8
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Chapter 3: Epithelium Tissues14
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Chapter 3: Connective Tissue8
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Chapter 3: Muscle Tissue8
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Chapter 3: Nervous Tissue3
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Chapter 4: Body Membranes12
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Chapter 4: The Integumentary System6
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Chapter 4: Epidermal Derivatives2
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Chapter 6: The Muscular System16
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Chapter 6: Muscle System (skeletal muscle)2
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Chapter 6: Microscopic Anatomy of Skeletal Muscle.10
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Chapter 6: Skeletal Muscle Activity11
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Chapter 7: Functional Classification5
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Chapter 7: Nervouse Tissue: Structrue and Function8
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Chapter 7: Neuron Anatomy13
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Chapter 7: Strutural Classification3
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Chapter 7: Physiology: Reflexes3
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Chapter 7: Functional Anatomy of the Brain17
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Chapter 7: Periphreal Nervous System- Structure of a Nerve2
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Chapter 10: Cell Function6
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Chapter 43: Geriatric Emergencies48
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Ch. 14.1- A Brief History of Vaccines13
