89.Smooth Muscle Tissue Molly Krister B.

Martin
90.
Smooth Muscle (A) Skeletal Muscle © Cardiac Muscle (D)

Cell/Fiber Shape Fusifirm, diameter Cylindrical, 10-100 Cylindrical, 10-20

0.2-10 μm, length μm μm
50-200 μm diameter, many cm diameter, 50-100
long μm long
Location of nuclei Peripheral, adjacent
to
sarcolemma
Control of Actin-myosin Troponin C binds Similar to that of
contraction binding occurs with Ca2+, moving skeletal muscle
myosin tropomyosin and
phosphorylation by exposing actin
MLCK for myosin binding
triggered when
calmodulin binds
Ca2+

91.Nervous Tissue
92.Neuron
93.
Glial Cell Type Origin Location Main Functions
Oligodendrocyte Neural Tube CNS Myelin production,
electrical
insulation

Schwann cell Neural crest Peripheral nerves Myelin production,

(Neurolemmocyte) electrical
insulation

Astrocyte Neural tube CNS Structural and

metabolic support
of neurons; BBB;
repair processes

Satellite cells (of Neural crest Peripheral ganglia Structural and

ganglia) metabolic support
for neuronal cell
bodies
 Ependymal cell Neural tube Line ventricles and Aid production and
central movement of
canal of CNS CSF
Microglia Bone marrow CNS Defense and
(monocytes) immune-related
activities

94.

95.Striated Muscle Tissue

96.Intercalated disc- supports synchronized contraction of cardiac tissue, cross the
chains of cardiac cells at irregular intervals where the cells join
97.Intercalated disc
98.Skeletal Muscle- limited, involving satellite cells maily; Cardiac muscle- very poor
99.Dystrophin
100.Ischemia