Compare and contrast the three types of muscle tissue. What will be an ideal response?


Concepts to Consider: Skeletal--voluntary control; attached to bones; long fibers; striations;
multinucleated; contract rapidly, but does not sustain contraction for long periods. Smooth--
involuntary control; spindle-shaped cells with single nucleus; present in walls of hollow organs and blood vessels. Cardiac--involuntary control; tissue of the heart; striations; fibers
branched with intercalated discs.

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