Different muscles in the human body

Question 1

What are the three different types of muscles in the human body?

Answer 1

Smooth muscle, Cardiac muscle and Skeletal muscle.

Question 2

What are smooth muscles?

Answer 2

Involuntary muscles that are found in internal organs and blood vessels.

Question 3

What are cardiac muscles?

Answer 3

Involuntary muscles which are found only in he heart.

Question 4

What are skeletal muscles?

Answer 4

Voluntary muscles that attach to the skeleton.

Question 5

What are involuntary muscles?

Answer 5

Muscles that are not under our conscious control, meaning we can’t make them contract when we think about it.

Question 6

What are voluntary muscles?

Answer 6

Muscles that are under our conscious control so we can move them when we want to.

Question 7

What are the three different types of skeletal muscles?

Answer 7

Type 1, Type 11a, Type 11x

Question 8

What are the characterstics of type of muscle fibre

Answer 8

Type1 : Type IIa: Type IIx
Speed of contraction: Slow Fast Very fast
Force produced: Low Medium High
Resistance to fatigue: High Medium Low
Colour: Red Pink White