# Question 1
What are the three types of muscle tissue and where are they found in the body?
- **Skeletal muscle**: attached to bones and responsible for voluntary movements
- **Cardiac muscle**: found in the heart and responsible for pumping blood
- **Smooth muscle**: found in the walls of hol...
What are the three types of muscle tissue and where are they found in the body?
- **Skeletal muscle**: attached to bones and responsible for voluntary movements
- **Cardiac muscle**: found in the heart and responsible for pumping blood
- **Smooth muscle**: found in the walls of hollow organs such as blood vessels, stomach,
intestines, bladder, uterus and responsible for involuntary movements
# Question 2
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system and what are their functions?
- **Central nervous system (CNS)**: consists of the brain and spinal cord and processes sensory and
motor information
- **Peripheral nervous system (PNS)**: consists of the cranial and spinal nerves and connects the
CNS to the rest of the body
# Question 3
What are the five special senses and what are their receptors?
- **Vision**: photoreceptors in the retina of the eye
- **Hearing**: mechanoreceptors in the cochlea of the inner ear
- **Balance**: mechanoreceptors in the vestibule and semicircular canals of the inner ear
- **Smell**: chemoreceptors in the olfactory epithelium of the nose
- **Taste**: chemoreceptors in the taste buds of the tongue
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