Muscles types

• 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