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Chapter : 2. Tissue
Muscular Tissue
Muscular Tissue : Locomotion and movements are due to muscular tissues contain highly contractile muscle cells. It is made up of muscle fibres. On the basis of their structures and functions, they can be divided as striated, unstriated and cardiac muscles. Muscle is a contractile tissue which brings about movements, regarded as motors of the body. Muscle cells are elongated slender like cells and called muscle fibres. The muscles are of three types : as compared below :