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How many types of muscles are there ? Which are those types ?

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There are mainly 3 types of muscles in the human body.

  1. Skeletal muscles- These muscles are predominantly involved in the movement. When one of these muscle contracts, it allows movement of a specific area of the body. They are voluntary muscles. That means that you can control their movement.
  2. Smooth muscles- The term smooth muscle comes from the more uniform appearance of this type of muscle tissue. Smooth muscle is involuntary, meaning that you can’t control its movement.
  3. Cardiac muscles- Individual cardiac muscle cells are closely connected, which helps enable your heart to beat in a coordinated fashion. Similar to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle is involuntary.

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