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Pre-laboratory Questions -
1. Which muscle type is slow to contract and what is its main function?
2. Which muscle type is multinucleate and what does this mean?
3. Name the three different distinct bands found in a skeletal myofibril and what is their function?
4. What is the name of the plasma membrane in skeletal muscles?
5. Name the three types of muscles and explain their different functions?
6. What is the name of the area where cardiac muscles are attached to each other?
7. Which muscle type contains a high number of small blood vessels and why?
8. What makes this cardiac muscle look different from the skeletal muscle?
9. What makes this smooth muscle look different from the skeletal muscle?
Post Lab Questions -
1. What makes a skeletal muscle slide easy to identify from other tissue slides?
2. When you see a highly structured muscle cell with many nuclei pushed to one side, which muscle type is being observed?
3. What structure is unique and can be used to differentiate between smooth muscle slide and a cardiac muscle slide?
4. Why can it be hard to identify the smooth muscles in a slide?
5. Which muscle type is being observed when small capillaries are found throughout the tissue?