Describe the types of muscles.
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Basically muscle are classified into three types :-
Skeletal muscles :-
=>These muscles are also known as Striated muscle.
=>They have multi-nucleated and unbranched muscle cells.
=>They are under voluntary control of our nervous system and thus are the voluntary muscles.
=>Performs actions such as running, jumping, fighting that are under our will.
Smooth muscles :-
=>These muscles are also called as visceral muscles.
=>They have uni-nucleated and spindle shaped muscles cells.
=>These are not under the control of our will and are called as involuntary muscles.
=>Performs actions such as digestion, fertilisation etc that are not under our will.
Cardiac muscles :-
=>These are the muscles of the heart.
=>These are involuntary in action.
=>Arranged in a branched pattern over the heart and are uni-nucleated.
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There are three types of muscle, skeletal or striated, cardiac, and smooth. Muscle action can be classified as being either voluntary or involuntary. Cardiac and smooth muscles contract without conscious thought and are termed involuntary, whereas the skeletal muscles contract upon command.
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