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Types of Muscles

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Muscles which contract and relax as per our will are called:

A

Skeletal muscles

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Involuntary muscles

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Cardiac muscles

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Smooth muscles

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Solution

The correct option is A
Skeletal muscles

Muscles that are under the control of the will of an individual are skeletal or striated muscles. For example, the muscles in our arms move only when we want them to. Such muscles constitute about 50 percentage of the body weight. They give our body a shape and also hold our bones together.

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Muscles which contract and relax as per our will are called:

Q. Which of the following types of muscle are involuntary?
(i) Striated muscle
(ii) Smooth muscle
(iii) Cardiac muscle
(iv) Skeletal muscle

Q. Assertion(A): Skeletal muscles show rhythmic contractions and relaxations.

Reason (R): Cardiac muscles are skeletal muscles which are voluntary in function.

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Q. Study the following and identify the incorrect statements
(i) Muscles of iris and ciliary body are smooth muscles of mesodermal origin
(ii) Slow and sustained involuntary contraction of smooth muscles are called spasms
(iii) Quiescent mononucleate myogenic cells of skeletal muscles are called pericytes
(iv) Skeletal muscles fibre is multinucleate and is a syncytium

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