Question

Describe various types of muscles and their working.List down important muscles of body.​

Answer 1

Types of muscles :

1. Cardiac muscle.
2. Smooth muscle.
3. Skeletal muscle.

1. Cardiac muscle :

➠ It is an involuntary muscle.

➠ It helps in continuous pumping of the heart.

➠ It is composed of nucleus, desmosome and Gap junction.

2. Smooth muscle :

➠ It is an involuntary muscle.

➠ It is spindle and narrow shaped.

➠ It is made up of myosin fibres.

3. Skeletal muscle :

➠ It is the tissue which is attached to the bones.

➠ It have elasticity.

➠ This muscle have the ability to respond to a stimulus.