Chamberlain Bios 252 Exam 1 Study Guide with Verified Solutions
skeletal muscle - Correct Answer - long, thin, cylindrical in shape - multinucleated - attached to bone & skin - voluntary - striated cardiac muscle - Correct Answer - short, fat, branched - uninucleated - in heart - attached to intercalated discs - involuntary - striated smooth muscle - Correct Answer - in hollow organs - ininucleated - involuntary - lack striations excitability - Correct Answer responsiveness to chemical signals, stretch, and electrical changes across the plasma membrane conductivity - Correct Answer local electrical excitation sets off a wave of excitation that travels along the muscle fiber contractility - Correct Answer shortens when stim extensibility - Correct Answer ca
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