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Muscles - Coggle Diagram
Muscles
Smooth Muscle Characteristics
No T tubules
Single Nucleus
Nonstriated
Spindle Shaped
Corkscrew contraction
Cardiac
Specialties
Pace/tension can be altered by nervous system
Longer contractions
Automaticity (pacemaker cells)
Tetanic contraction not possible
Caracteristics
Compared to skeletal muscle, cardiac is...
Fewer nuclei
Branched
Smaller
Contained intercalated discs
Skeletal Muscle
Terminology
Muscle nomenclature may include...
Shape
Position
Body Landmarks
Nature of Origin
Classification
Convergent Muscle
Pennate Muscle
Bipennate
Unipennate
Multipennate
Parallel Muscles