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Recognize Human Muscle Tissue

Do you know that the human body has 650 different types of muscles, each of which is composed by different muscle tissues? There are three main muscle tissues i.e. skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and heart muscle. All these muscles can stretch and contract, but they have different functions. What are their functions?
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Generally, there are two categories of muscle tissue type, voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary muscles are muscle tissues that work under the influence of consciousness because the movement is connected by the brain nerve. You will know anywhere that includes voluntary muscles if you can know and instruct the body part to move and stop this time too. For example leg muscles to kick or walk and hand muscles to type.

While an involuntary muscle is a muscle that works out of the influence of consciousness. You will never realize the involuntary movement of a muscle, as well as also never be able to command it to start or stop moving. This is because the movement is influenced by the body's autonomous nerves.

1. Skeletal muscle (skeletal muscle)
Skeletal muscle is voluntary muscle tissue. Skeletal muscles consciously create and control the response sent by nerve cells.

The physical movements you do like writing, typing, talking and walking, actually requiring skeletal muscle work.

The frame will move when the skeletal muscles attached to the bone contract. Usually, skeletal muscle tissue is in two bones along the body. Thus, the muscles adjacent to each other can function in moving the parts of the bones.

Skeletal muscle cells are the same as the heart muscle cells that have striated (line motif) when viewed microscopically. However, the cylindrical skeletal muscle cells are branched and have many cell nuclei in each of its networks.

2. Cardiac muscle (cardiac muscle)
The muscle tissue of the heart includes the involuntary muscle tissue aka works automatically at any time without the need for you to instruct consciously. The heart muscle serves to make the heart pump blood throughout the body. The heart muscle is assisted by hormones and brain signals to adjust the heart muscle contraction.

Generally, the heart beats about 100,000 times per day, 36 million times per year, and about 2.5 billion times during the one-time life.

The heart muscle tissue has a light and dark streaks of lines or striated. The light and dark muscle tissues are influenced by the composition of protein fibers in the body. The cylindrical heart muscle cells are elongated, with one cell core in the center. Muscle tissue like this is found only in the heart.

3. Smooth muscles (smooth muscle)
Smooth muscle tissue is located throughout the body. You can find it on the walls of perforated organs such as:
  • Digestive tract
  • Reproductive system
  • Tube tubes such as blood vessels
  • Air duct
  • Other locations, such as in the inside of the eye.
Why is this tissue called smooth muscles? This is because the smooth muscles of the shape do not be dimed or striped like the heart muscle and skeletal muscles when seen in the microscope.

Similar to the heart muscle, smooth muscle tissues work unconsciously or under control. Delicate muscles are sometimes also known as visceral muscles because this muscle is a muscle that is widely contained in the organ (visceral) in you.

Smooth muscle cells are bobbin-shaped and have one cell core in the middle. Smooth muscles contract slowly and rhythmically.

What are the body's muscular functions?

1. To move
Moves are essentially done by skeletal muscles. Skeletal muscle tissue is attached to the bones and is partly controlled by the central nervous system (CNS)

This skeletal muscle will later move to follow whenever your body moves. Skeletal muscles move together with the bones and tendons.

2. To breathe
Diaphragm muscles are the main muscles that work while you breathe. Aperture muscles may need help from other muscles when your body is doing a heavy breath, such as when exercising. Most likely during heavy breathing, the diaphragm muscles will be assisted by several muscles including abdominal muscles, neck, and back.

3. To digest food
As has been described above, that your digestive system is controlled by smooth muscle tissues.
Which parts are controlled by smooth muscles?
  • Mouth
  • Esophagus
  • Stomach
  • The small and large intestine
  • Anus
Do not forget also that the digestive system includes organs of the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder. Your smooth muscles will contract and try to relax when food passes through digestion. This delicate muscle also helps push food out of your body through defecation, or vomiting when you are sick.

4. To Pee
Smooth muscles have many functions to the body, among others to regulate the system of small water disposal. What are smooth muscles controlled?
  • Kidney
  • Bladder
  • Ureter
  • Urethra
  • Penis or vagina
  • Prostate
You can urinate when smooth muscles are tightened, while smooth muscles relax you can resist urination.

5. To form a body posture
In addition to making movements, skeletal muscles also function in controlling posture. It takes balance to form a good posture.
The following sections are governed by skeletal muscles in order for your posture to be perfect:
  • Shoulder
  • Spine
  • Hip
  • Knee
Stiff neck muscles, weak back muscles, or tight hip muscles can eliminate the balance of your body. Poor posture can make you risk of muscle and joint pains.

6. To view
Who thought that to wiggling eyes and to see it takes great help from skeletal muscles?