Histology: Muscle & Nervous Tissue
Microscopic structure of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle, plus neural tissue.
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What is the basic functional and structural unit of a skeletal muscle myofibril?
The sarcomere.
Which type of muscle tissue is characterized by multinucleated cells with nuclei located at the periphery?
Skeletal muscle.
What are the specialized junctional complexes that connect adjacent cardiac muscle cells?
Intercalated discs.
Which glial cell is responsible for the myelination of axons within the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
Oligodendrocyte.
What is the name of the periodic gaps in the myelin sheath where the axon is exposed?
Nodes of Ranvier.
Which type of neuron has one axon and one dendrite, typically found in special sense organs like the retina?
Bipolar neuron.
In a sarcomere, which specific region contains only thick (myosin) filaments and disappears during full contraction?
The H-zone.
What structure in skeletal muscle is formed by one T-tubule and two terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
A triad.
Which calcium-binding protein is used by smooth muscle to initiate contraction since it lacks troponin?
Calmodulin.
What is the primary function of astrocytes in the Central Nervous System?
Maintaining the blood-brain barrier and regulating the chemical environment of neurons.
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