Compare the three types of muscle tissue. List three similarities and three differences among them


Similarities: All have contractile proteins; skeletal and cardiac have striations; cardiac and smooth are involuntary; cardiac and smooth are uninucleate.
Differences: Skeletal is voluntary; cardiac has intercalated discs; smooth is nonstriated; skeletal is multinucleate.

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During depolarization of the plasma membrane,

A. Na+ moves rapidly out of the cell. B. Na+ moves rapidly into the cell. C. membrane permeability to Na+ decreases. D. K+ moves rapidly out of the cell. E. the outside of the cell becomes positively charged relative to the inside.

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What is the normal, programmed death of cells that have completed their function called?

A. Autophagy B. Apoptosis C. Atrophy D. Necrosis E. Hypoplasia

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Which group of muscles forms a thick, fleshy mass at the base of the thumb?

A.   Hypothenar group B.   Thenar group C.   Midpalmar group D.   Dorsal interossei group E.   Abductor digit group

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