Muscles Flashcards
Three Types of Muscles
Skeletal Muscle, Smooth Muscle, Cardiac Muscle
Skeletal Muscle, Smooth Muscle, Cardiac Muscle
Three Types of Muscles
Skeletal Muscle (striated)
attached to the skeleton; contraction of skeletal muscle is under voluntary control
attached to the skeleton; contraction of skeletal muscle is under voluntary control
Skeletal Muscle (striated)
Smooth Muscle
in the walls of all the hollow organs of the body (except the heart). Its contraction reduces the size of these structures; movement is involuntary
in the walls of all the hollow organs of the body (except the heart). Its contraction reduces the size of these structures; movement is involuntary
Smooth Muscle
Cardiac Muscle (heart muscle)
makes up the wall of the heart
makes up the wall of the heart
Cardiac Muscle (heart muscle)