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

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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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The ________ is located at the tip of the tail of the caudate nucleus

A) amygdaloid body B) thalamus C) lentiform nucleus D) globus pallidus E) putamen

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The nose is made of both ____ and _____ cartilage. This provides strength, support, and flexibility to the nose.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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