MEDICAL BIOLOGY, HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY - Y.I. Fedoniuk 2010

BIOLOGY

SECTION 1. BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN VITAL ACTIVITY

1.2. CELL. TISSUES. CONCEPT OF AN ORGAN, ORGAN SYSTEM, AND ORGANISM

MUSCULAR TISSUE

Muscular tissue is a specialized group of Tissues composed of structural elements capable of contraction. Therefore, this tissue is responsible for the movement of the body and its parts in space, as well as internal motor processes (the functioning of The Heart and other Organs, Blood AND Lymph Circulation). It is subdivided into smooth and striated Muscle Tissues.



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