Which type of muscle tissue is involuntary and found in the walls of internal organs such as the stomach and intestines?
1. Skeletal muscle
2. Cardiac muscle
3. Smooth muscle
4. Nodal tissue
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Intercalated discs are characteristically seen in:
1. Cardiac muscles
2. Myelinated neurons
3. Exocrine glands
4. Smooth muscles
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Communication junctions found at some fusion points that allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit are called as:

1. Intercalated discs
2. Sarcolemma
3. Nodes of Ranvier
4. Motor end plates

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The correct order for the location of tissues (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) respectively is

(i)

Cartilage                        

(1)

Beneath the skin

(ii)

cuboidal epithelium        

(2)  

wall of intestine

(iii)  

Smooth muscle               

(3)

ducts of glands

(iv)

Areolar tissue                 

(4)

tip of nose

1. 3, 4, 2, 1
2. 3, 1, 4, 2
3. 4, 3, 2, 1
4. 1, 3, 2, 4

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The contractile elements in muscle tissue are
1. myofibrils
2. elastic
3. collagen
4. lacunae
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Which of the following muscles act involuntarily?
(a) Striated muscles (b) Smooth muscles
(c) Cardiac muscles (d) Skeletal muscles

1. (a) & (b)

2. (b) & (c)

3. (c) & (d)

4. (a) & (d)

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What is the function of intercalated discs in cardiac muscle tissue?
1. Facilitating voluntary control
2. Providing structural support
3. Allowing coordinated contractions of the heart
4. Linking the muscle to bones
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Smooth muscles are:

1. Voluntary and striated
2. Voluntary and unstriated
3. Involuntary and unstraited
4. Involuntary and striated

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Select the incorrectly matched pair from the following:

1. Chondrocytes Smooth muscle cells
2. Neurons Nerve cells
3. Fibroblast Areolar tissue
4. Osteocytes Bone cells
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Tissue that contracts and is striated and involuntary is
1. connective tissue
2. smooth muscle
3. cardiac muscle
4. pseudostratified
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