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What types of muscles are found in the body?
Your body has three types of muscle tissue-skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle. Only skeletal muscle is voluntary. Smooth muscle and cardiac muscle are involuntary.
Why do skeletal muscles work in groups?
Because muscle cells can only move bones when they contract, skeletal muscles must work in pairs. While one muscle contacts, the other muscle in the pair relaxes to its original length.
Involuntary Muscle
A muscle that is not under conscious control.
Voluntary Muscle
A muscle that is under conscious control.
Skeletal Muscle
A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton a provides the force that moves the bones.
Tendon
Strong connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
Smooth Muscle
Involuntary muscle found inside many internal organs of the body.
Cardiac Muscle
Muscle tissue found only in the heart.