1
Q
Name the three types of muscle.
A
Smooth, cardiac and skeletal
2
Q
What is a special property cardiac muscles have that none other have?
A
It is myogenic.
3
Q
What properties do smooth muscles have?
A
Involuntary, found in intestines and airways, fatigues.
4
Q
What properties do
skeletal muscles have?
A
Causes bone to move, voluntary, quickly fatigues.
5
Q
What properties do cardiac muscles have?
A
Makes up the heart, myogenic, doesn’t fatigue.
6
Q
What are muscles made of?
A
Lots of muscle fibres, which are contained in fibre bundles.
7
Q
What does involuntary mean?
A
Not under conscious control.
8
Q
What does myogenic mean?
A
Contracts without input from the nervous system
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