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Muscle cells are called muscle fibers or myocytes. They are specialized cells that make up the three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. Skeletal muscle fibers are long and striated, cardiac muscle cells are branched and striated, while smooth muscle cells are non-striated and spindle-shaped. Each type of muscle cell has distinct functions suited to its specific location and role in the body.
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Muscles that move bones are called?
Muscles that move bones are called Smooth muscle cells or Skeletal muscles
What are heart muscle cells called?
They are called cardiac muscles.
What are the cells in large skeletal muscles called?
Muscle cells are known as myocytes.
What stimualtes muscles?
Muscles are stimulated by signals from nerve cells called motor neurons
What are muscles cells called?
Muscle fibres
What does muscles mean?
Your heart is a muscle. It is also called the myocardium. The muscle cells in the heart muscle are called myocardiocytes.
What are the electrical connectors between heart muscles and cells called?
The electrical connectors between heart muscles and cells are called intercalated discs. These specialized structures allow for the rapid conduction of electrical signals between cardiac muscle cells, ensuring coordinated contraction of the heart muscle.
What is a single motor neuron with all the muscles cells it innervates?
This is called a motor unit.
Why are muscles cells called the motors of living organisms?
Because they burn fuel and make you move.
What is the cell in muscles that receives messages from motor neurons?
There is a special cell in our body that is part of the nervous system. It receives messages in the muscles sent from the motor neurons in our brain. These cells are called effectors.
What types of cells in your body are no longer mitosis?
These are called permeant cells. Examples are adult neurons, striated muscles, cardiac muscle, RBCs and cells of lens in the eye.
Are muscles that work in pairs called tissues?
No!Muscles that work in pairs are called antagonistic muscles.Tissue is a level between single cells and complete orgenisms, e.g. organs are made out of gruops of tissues.
