Muscles Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 types of muscles
A
skeletal, smooth, cardiac muscles
2
Q
describe properties of the skeletal muscles
A
- muscle fibers are in parallel
- they have voluntary contractions
- they are multinucleate
- they are attacked to the sketon
3
Q
describe properties of the smooth muscles
A
- they are found in the lining of the organs
- they are single nucleated
- they are involuntary
- they are not striated and have a spindle shape.
4
Q
describe properties of the cardiac muscles
A
- they are found in the heart
- it is involuntary movements
- it aids in the heart rhythmic contractions
- they are branching intercalated and lightly striated
