HSTA Happenings:	Muscle Tissue Study Team Skeletal Muscle | Cardiac Muscle | Smooth Muscle | Back
Meet the Team	Marty Burke - science teacher John Lewis - science teacher The muscle tissue study team demonstrated different types of muscle tissues: Skeletal Muscle, Cardiac Muscle, Smooth Muscle.
Skeletal Muscle Back to Top	This model demonstrates the structure of a skeletal muscle, the biceps (meaning two parts). The students constructed a model of how skeletal muscle moves the skeleton during contraction.
	The students constructed a model of how skeletal muscle moves the skeleton during contraction. The diagram illustrates skeletal muscles on the posterior aspect of the thigh, biceps femoris, semimembranosous, and semitendinosis.
Cardiac Muscle Back to Top	Cardiac muscle is found only in the walls of the heart. The students used this heart model to discuss circulation of blood through the heart.
Smooth Muscle Back to Top	The students made a model of the stomach as the wall contains smooth muscle. The microscopic anatomy of smooth muscle differs from skeletal muscle as slower contraction is needed in the gut wall.
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