Question

What are the types of muscular tissue? Explain in detail.

Answer 1

Based on the location, there are three types of muscular tissues. They are as follows:

1. Skeletal muscles

• These muscles are related to skeletal components of the body.
  
• They have striped appearance, hence, they are also called straited muscles.
  
• These muscles are also called voluntary muscles because their activities are under voluntary control of the somatic nervous system.
  
• These muscles are primarily involved in locomotory actions and changes of body postures.

2. Smooth muscles-

• Smooth muscles or nonstraited muscles are so called because they do not exhibit any striation and are smooth in appearance.
  
• They are also known as visceral muscles because they are located in the inner walls of hollow visceral organs of the body like the alimentary canal, reproductive tract, etc.
  
• Their activities cannot be voluntarily controlled and are therefore called involuntary muscles.
  
• They assist, for example, in the transportation of food through the digestive tract and gametes through the genital tract.
  

3. Cardiac muscles-

• As the name suggests, these muscles are the muscles of the heart.
  
• Many cardiac muscle cells assemble in a branching pattern to form a cardiac muscle.
  
• They are striated and involuntary in nature.