HISTOLOGY
WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT
Name- Shreyasi Dongre
Student no- 01200005520
Email Id- srdongre5520val@student.fatima.edu.ph
Tabulate the histological differences among the smooth, skeletal and cardiac muscle tissues
Differentiate skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle contraction.
SMOOTH MUSCLE
Smooth muscle is found in the
walls of internal organs, such
as the organs of the digestive
tract, blood vessels, and
others. Found in the walls of
most blood vessels and tubular
organs such as the intestine. It
is also 'involuntary'. However,
it does NOT have a stripy
appearance, because it does
not have repeating
sarcomeres. The contractile
proteins, myosin and actin are
much more randomly
arranged than in skeletal or
cardiac muscle
Muscle contraction
Perform involuntary mascular
movement
Self- stimulating
Have a low energy
requirement
Have a low speed of
contraction
Exhibit rhythmic contractions
Dot not fatigue.
Muscle tissue
SKELETAL MUSCLE
Skeletal muscle is found
attached to bones. It has a
stripy appearance, because of
the repeating structure of the
muscle: there are many
myofibrils (fibers), each one of
which is made up of repeating
units called muscle
sarcomeres. Each sarcomere is
2.5 mm long.
Muscle contraction
Perform voluntary muscular
movement
Non self- stimulating
Have high energy requirement
Have a high speed of
contraction
Do not exhibit rhythmic
contractions
Easily fatigue
CARDIAC MUSCLE
Cardiac muscle is only found in
the heart. Cardiac muscle
makes up the muscular walls
of the heart (myocardium). It is
'involuntary' because its
contractions are not under
your control. However, it has a
similar ultrastructural
organisation to skeletal
muscle. So, it too has a stripy
appearance because of the
repeating units called muscle
sarcomeres.
Muscle contraction
Perform involuntary muscular
movements
Self- stimulating
Have an intermediate speed of
contractions
Exhibit rhythmic contractions
Do not fatigue