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What type of tissues make up the tongue?

The tongue is mostly muscle covered by a mucous membrane. The tongue also has the taste buds.


What type of muscle is an ulcer?

An ulcer is not a type of muscle. It is an open sore on a mucous membrane like the stomach wall or on the skin.


What is the connective tissue membrane that covers skeletal muscles?

This is the fascia, which is actually composed of three separate levels. There is one layer that wraps around each muscle fiber, another layer that wraps around each muscle bundle and then a final layer that wraps around the whole muscle.


Where is skeletal muscles located?

If you think about it, skeletal muscle are muscles that connect bones. So wherever you have bone, it is covered with skeletal muscle. Muscles do not connect bones. Muscles are the source for movement and protection for bones.


Just deep to the deep fascia?

epimysium in the skeletal muscle, plasma membrane of the muscle cell is not sarcoplasm but rather sarcolemma


Type of muscle that is voluntary and striated?

SKELETAL (:


What muscle tissue is multinucleated?

skeletal muscles


Which muscle is not directly controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and most glands


Which muscle tissue concerns with locomotion of the body as a whole?

Skeletal muscle


What tissue make up the lip?

The lips are folds of skeletal muscle covered with transparent epithelium.


What type of muscle is the tricep muscle?

A skeletal muscle.


Are nipples considered a mucous membrane?

No, nipples are not considered mucous membranes. Mucous membranes line various body cavities and organs that are exposed to the external environment, such as the mouth, nose, and digestive tract, and secrete mucus to protect against infection. Nipples are composed of skin, glandular tissue, muscle, and connective tissue, but do not secrete mucus.