Muscular Tissue

What is the Main Function of the Muscle Tissue

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What is the Main Function of the Muscle Tissue

Muscular Tissue :

  • Locomotion and movements are due to muscular tissues contain highly contractile muscle cells.
  • It is made up of muscle fibres.
  • On the basis of their structures and functions, they can be divided as striated, unstriated and cardiac muscles.
  • Muscle is a contractile tissue which brings about movements, regarded as motors of the body.
  • Muscle cells are elongated slender like cells and called muscle fibres.
  • The muscles are of three types : as compared below :
CharacteristicsStripedUnstripedCardiac
LocationOccur in the body wall, limbs, tongue, pharynx and beginning of oesophagusOccur in the wall of hollow viscera, iris of the eye and dermis of the skin.Occur in the walls of heart, pulmonary veins and superior venacava.
Other namesAlso called striated, skeletal and voluntary muscle fibresAlso called non-striated, smooth, visceral and involuntary muscle fibres.Also called heart muscle fibres.
Shape CylindricalSpindleCylindrial
ActionVoluntaryInvoluntaryInvoluntary
Light & Dark bandsPresentAbsentAbsent
BranchingAbsentAbsentPresent

What are the Four Basic Types of Tissue in Animals

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What are the Four Basic Types of Tissue in Animals

Classification of Animal tissue :

What are the Four Basic Types of Tissue in Animals 1

There are Four types in animal tissue.They are

  1. Epithelial tissue
  2. Nervous Tissue
  3. Muscular Tissue
  4. Connective Tissue

1. Epithelial tissue :

Epithelial tissue is a simplest as a protective covering.

2. Nervous Tissue :

The nervous tissue, which contains densely packed nerve cells, called neurons (Gk. neuro = nerve), is present in the brain, spinal cord and sense organs.

3. Muscular Tissue :

Locomotion and movements are due to muscular tissues contain highly contractile muscle cells.

4. Connective Tissue :

Connectvie tissues of animals serve the functions of binding and joining one tissue to another (i.e. connecting bones to each other, muscles to bones etc.).