muscles

Question 1

cardiac muscles?

Answer 1

-located at the heart
-cylindrical and branched shaped
- are striated
-involuntary
-pump blood

Question 2

what are the three types of muscles?

Answer 2

cardiac
smooth
skeletal

Question 3

smooth muscles?

Answer 3

-located in blood vessels,intestines,bladder,uterus,eyes,glands,skin
-spindle shaped
-not striated
-involuntary
-function: helps body function

Question 4

skeletal

Answer 4

• location: attached to bones
  -very long and cylindrical shaped
• striated
  -voluntary
• function: body movement,posture,heat,facial expressions

Question 5

what are the two muscle fibres?

Answer 5

slow and fast twitch fibres

Question 6

slow twitch fibers?

Answer 6

-are best suited to endurance (aerobic) activities as they contract slowly with less force
- slow twitch fibres are red which means they have an increased capacity to use oxygen