Three types of Muscle Tissue

Question 1

Smooth muscle

Answer 1

contracts more slowly than skeletal muscles, remain contracted for longer periods, & are involuntarily.
(ex. surrounding internal organs)

Question 2

Cardiac muscle

Answer 2

creates the action that pumps blood to the rest of the body, involuntary because they are not controlled continuously, instead they are directed to act by the autonomic nervous system.
(ex. found in the heart)

Question 3

Skeletal muscle

Answer 3

attached to the bones (by tendons and other tissues), most prevalent muscle type in the body (30-40 percent of body weight), they are voluntary (brain telling them to do it), referred to as striated/striped.