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Anatomy of Muscle Tissue
Directions: Use your textbook (Chapter 6) and your notes to answer the following questions on a
separate piece of paper. You WILL need colored pencils for some of these questions.
1. Name 3 prefixes that give you a clue that muscle is being referred to.
2. Compare & Contrast as you fill in the chart:
Characteristic
Cardiac
Smooth
Skeletal
Location in Body:
Describe AND Draw
Cell Appearance:
Multinucleated?:
Voluntary? or
Involuntary?:
What controls the
contraction?:
Speed of
Contraction:
Key words to jog
your memory about
this muscle type:
3. What does striated mean? Which muscle types are striated?
4. What are tendons? Describe their structure and function(s).
5. Name AND EXPLAIN the four major functions of muscle.
6. Draw the 12 different structures of skeletal muscle AND EXPLAIN what each structure does. Your
drawing MUST be in color. Use a different color for each of the 12 structures. (In order for your
picture to be helpful in studying, it should be LARGE in size: Think at least 1/2 page).
7. Explain why skeletal muscle fibers look striated. What features compose each of the bands. Use a
picture to help in your explanation.
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8. Compare & Contrast as you fill in the chart:
Light (I) Bands
Similarities
Dark (A) Bands
Differences
9. What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum? What important function does it have in order to help muscles
contract?
10.
SIMPLY explain what happens in the sarcomere when muscles contract.
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