MUS CL E & NE RVOUS T I S S UE S

EXCITABLE TISSUES
MUSCLE TISSUE

MUSCLE TISSUE CONNECTIVE
TISSUE COVERINGS
Epimysium: surrounds
whole muscle

Perimysium: surrounds
muscle fascicles

Endomysium: surrounds
muscle cells, which are
also called myofibers, or
muscle fibers.

ENDOYMSIUM
Endomysium is exaggerated
during muscle inflammation.
Blue regions are myofibers in
transverse section.
STRIATED VS. UNSTRIATED
Striated: Actin and myosin are arranged orderly in
sacromeres.

Unstriated: Actin and mysoin are not arranged in
sacromeres.
CELLULAR STRUCTURES
MUSCLE
CELL
DIAGRAM
Cisternae

T Tubules

Sacroplasmic reticulum

Myofibrils
Motor end plate

Nucleus

Motor neuron
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

Bouton
Muscle fiber
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION

Synaptic Cleft
Motor End Plate
AXON COLLATERALS
BOUTONS AND TELODENRIA
REGIONS OF THE SACROMERE
Z lines: dark protein disks that hold actin.
Borders of the sarcomere.

I bands: Actin only.
Light bands.
I for light

Z line
Z line
I band
REGIONS OF THE SACROMERE
A band
Myosin and actin
Dark central bands
A for dark.

H zone
Myosin only
Central most inner region, appears lighter.
H means helle which means light
Z line
I band
A band
Z line
I band
A band
H zone
REGIONS OF THE SACROMERE
M-line
Protein disk that holds myosin in place.
Central-most line.

Z line
I band
A band
H zone
M line


MUSCLE CONTRACTION
CONTRACTION
Actin slides over myosin.

Z lines come closer together

I band shortens
H zone shortens
Full contraction = A band only
TYPES OF MUSCLE TISSUE
Skeletal

Cardiac

Smooth
SKELETAL MUSCLE
Muscles that attach to bones.
Striated.
Multinucleated.
Long (fused cells)
Voluntary.
SKELETAL MUSCLE
WHITE FIBERS
RED FIBERS
GAP JUNCTIONS

Note: A gap junction is
composed of 2 connexons
CARDIAC MUSCLE
Heart only
Striated
Single and Double Nuclei
Short Cells
Involuntary

Intercalated disks
CARDIAC MUSCLE
Cell 1 Cell 2
CARDIAC MUSCLE
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Viscera, blood and lymphatic vessels.
Non-striated
Single nuclei
Spindle-shaped cells with cigar shaped nuclei.
Involuntary.
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Cell 2
SMOOTH MUSCLE
SMOOTH
MUSCLE
SMOOTH MUSCLE
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Cell 2
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