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    The document describes a lab where students observe three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. [1] Skeletal muscle is striated and contains centrally located nuclei, found in the arms, legs, and back to allow voluntary movement. [2] Smooth muscle is found involuntarily in the digestive system and contains singularly located nuclei. [3] Cardiac muscle is striated like skeletal muscle but contains centrally located nuclei and is found in the heart.

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    The document describes a lab where students observe three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. [1] Skeletal muscle is striated and contains centrally located nuclei, found in the arms, legs, and back to allow voluntary movement. [2] Smooth muscle is found involuntarily in the digestive system and contains singularly located nuclei. [3] Cardiac muscle is striated like skeletal muscle but contains centrally located nuclei and is found in the heart.

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    The document describes a lab where students observe three types of muscle tissue: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. [1] Skeletal muscle is striated and contains centrally located nuclei, found in the arms, legs, and back to allow voluntary movement. [2] Smooth muscle is found involuntarily in the digestive system and contains singularly located nuclei. [3] Cardiac muscle is striated like skeletal muscle but contains centrally located nuclei and is found in the heart.

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    Muscle Tissue Lab

    Objective:
    To compare three kinds of muscle tissue

    Materials:
    Raw hamburger meat slide toothpick
    Methylene blue cover slip prepared smooth muscle
    Medicine dropper microscope prepared cardiac muscle
    Prepared skeletal muscle
    Procedure and Observations
    Your body and the bodies of other mammals contain three kinds of muscle tissue. One
    type of muscle tissue is found in the arms, legs and back. This type is used to do work. A
    second type of muscle tissue makes up the digestive system and those organs that are not
    under voluntary control. A third type of muscle tissue makes up the heart. The cells of
    muscle tissues have some differences and some similar characteristics.

    A. Hamburger meat is made from the muscle tissue of a cow. Use a toothpick to put
    a small dot of hamburger meat in the center of a clean slide. Spread out the meat
    so thin that it is almost transparent. Add a drop of methylene blue. Cover with a
    cover slip. Examine the slide under low power. Look for an area of muscle tissue.
    Switch into high power to study this tissue.

    1. Describe the appearance of the muscle tissue.


    2. Where are the nuclei located?
    3. Are the boundaries between the cells visible?
    The type of muscle you are looking at is called skeletal muscle because it is found
    attached to the bones of the skeleton.
    4. What is the function of this type of muscle?
    5. Draw the skeletal muscle as it appears under high power.

    B. Now examine the prepared slide of skeletal muscle.


    1. How does this compare to the muscle tissue of the cow you observed in the
    hamburger meat?
    2. Can you identify the same structures?
    3. Are there any visible differences?

    C. Examine the prepared slide of smooth muscle cells. This type of muscle is found
    in the diaphragm, the digestive system, and other areas we do not consciously
    control. Focus the slide under low power. Then switch into high power.

    1. What shape are the nuclei in theses cells?


    2. Where are the nuclei located?
    3. Does this muscle look like the skeletal muscle? Explain.
    4. What is the function of this type of muscle?
    5. Draw the smooth muscle as it appears in the slide.

    D. Examine the prepared slide of cardiac (heart) muscle. Focus the slide with low
    power, then switch to high power.

    1. What are the shape of the nuclei in these cells?


    2. Where are the nuclei located?
    4. Does this muscle look like skeletal muscle. Explain.
    5. Draw the cardiac muscle as it appears in the slide.

    Post Lab Questions:


    1. How does the structure of each of the tissue type you observed relate to their
    functions?
    2. What are the similarities between the three muscle tissue types?
    3. What are the differences between the three muscle tissue types?

    Don’t forget to write a conclusion!

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