Muscles types

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  • What are the 3 muscles types?
    • Cardiac muscles
    • Involuntary muscles
    • Voluntary muscles
  • Cardiac muscles
    • found in the heart
    • not under our conscious control, it contracts and relaxes
    • these contractions drive blood around the body so that, oxygen can be delivered and waste products removed
  • Involuntary muscles
    • referred to as the smooth muscles
    • not under our conscious control
    • ROLE: digesting food, controlling blood flow
  • Voluntary muscles
    • attach to your bones via tendons
    • are under our conscious control so you can decide when and how powerfully you contract them