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8.5: Anatomical Atlas - Muscle Tissues

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    A compendium of anatomical images: slides, models, and/or cadavers.

    Skeletal muscle model - structures lettered

    Image Credit

    "Skeletal Muscle Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Skeletal Muscle:

    A - endomysium

    B - fibroblast

    C - capillary

    D - sarcolemma

    E - peripheral nucleus of skeletal myofiber

    Smooth muscle model - lettered.jpeg

    Image Credit

    "Smooth Muscle Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Smooth Muscle:

    A - capillary

    B - endomysium

    C - motor end plate of neuron

    D - sarcolemma

    E - nucleus of smooth myofiber

    Cardiac muscle model - lettered.jpeg

    Image Credit

    "Cardiac Muscle Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Cardiac Muscle:

    A - sarcolemma

    B - endomysium

    C - fibroblast

    D - capillary

    E - nucleus of cardiac myofiber

    F - intercalated disc

    Sarcomere model lettered.jpeg

    Image Credit

    "Sarcomere Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Sarcomere:

    A - Z-line

    B - thin filament

    C - myosin head

    D - actin

    E - troponin

    F - tropomyosin

    G - thick filament

    cardiac muscle with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Cardiac Muscle Histology" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, micrographs provided by Virginia Commonwealth University under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Cardiac Muscle:

    A - nucleus of cardiac myofiber

    B - intercalated disc

    C - striations

    D - endomysium

     

    Skeletal muscle cross section with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Skeletal Muscle Histology - Cross Section" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, slide provided by the Regents of the University of Michigan Medical School © 2022)

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Skeletal Muscle:

    A - muscle fascicle

    B - sarcolemma

    C - perimysium

    D - myofiber

    E - peripheral nuclei of skeletal myofiber

    F - perimysium

    Skeletal Muscle Tissue Cross Section Histology @100x.png

    Image credit:

    “Histology of Skeletal Muscle - Cross Section" by Jennifer Lange, slide provided by the Regents of the University of Michigan Medical School under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 © 2022.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Skeletal Muscle Cross Section

    A - myofiber

    B - nucleus (peripheral)

    C - fascicle

    D - endomysium

    E - perimysium

    Skeletal muscle with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Skeletal Muscle Histology - Long Section" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, slide provided by the Regents of the University of Michigan Medical School © 2022)

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Skeletal Muscle:

    A - myofiber

    B - striations

    C - endomysium

    D - sarcolemma

    E - peripheral nucleus of skeletal myofiber

    Smooth muscle with features lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Smooth Muscle Histology - Long Section" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, slide provided by the Regents of the University of Michigan Medical School © 2022)

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    Smooth Muscle:

    A - myofiber

    B - endomysium

    C - nucleus of smooth myofiber

     

    Myofilaments model with NMJ and structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Myofibril and NMJ Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    A - motor end plate (neuromuscular junction)

    B - endomysium

    C - motor neuron

    D - sarcolemma

    E - T-tubule (transverse tubule)

    F - endoplasmic reticulum

    G - Z-line

     

    Neuromuscular Junction Model Myofiber with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Myofiber and NMJ Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    A - nucleus

    B - motor end plate (neuromuscular junction

    C - motor neuron

    D - myofibrils

    E - Z-line

    F - sarcolemma

    G - endomysium

    Neuromuscular Junction Model with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "NMJ and Myofiber Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    A - endomysium

    B - sarcolemma

    C - motor end plate (neuromuscular junction)

    D - motor neuron

    Sarcomere model with structures lettered.png

    Image Credit

    "Sarcomere of Myofibril Model" by Jennifer Lange is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

    Answer Key (click to show/hide answers)

    A - sarcomere

    B - Z-line

    C - thin filament

    D - thick filament

     

     


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