HUMB1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ureter, Skeletal Muscle, Nervous Tissue
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Has a great blood supply: responsible for most body movement, type of muscle. Muscles attached to the bones of the skeleton . Mostly under voluntary control but involuntary movements can occur with skeletal muscle e. g. twitching . Only found in the walls of the heart . Responsible for pumping blood around the body . Found mainly in the walls of hollow organs . No striations and single nucleus per muscle cell . Contract to decrease the size of organs e. g. the bladder during urination . Nerves: nervous tissue is the main component of the nervous system. Compendium 2 - how do cells do what they do page 24. Skin (epidermis), corneas, mouth and throat, epiglottis, larynx, oesophagus, anus, vagina. Bronchioles of lungs, auditory tubes, uterine tubes, uterus. Urinary bladder ureter, superio r parts of urethra. Larynx, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, trachea, bronchi of lungs.
