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Science: Chapter 13-7
What are the kinds of muscles?
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6th Grade
07/08/2008

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What are the 3 different kinds of muscle tissue?
Definition
  1. striated muscle tissue
  2. smooth muscle tissue
  3. cardiac muscle tissue
Term
Which type of muscle tissue are skeletal muscles?
Definition
striated muscle tissue
Term
Describe striated muscle tissue.
Definition
  1. has stripes or dark bands
  2. ex: skeletal muscle
  3. voluntary - you CAN control their movement
Term
Describe smooth muscle tissue.
Definition
  1. ex: walls of blood vessels, stomach, internal organs
  2. involuntary - you CANNOT control their movement
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Describe cardiac muscle tissue.
Definition
  1. only found in the heart and major blood vessels
  2. very strong
  3. striated muscle tissue
  4. involuntary - you CANNOT control their movement
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