There are visceral muscles, which consist of smooth muscle tissue, which is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and responds to both hormones and neural stimulation. Smooth muscles have no striations, as the nucleus is centrally located. Thus, they are involuntarily controlled. Then, there is cardiac muscle, which is only found in the heart and is also stimulated by neural activity and hormones. Lastly, there are skeletal muscles, which aid in the movement of the body and is mostly attached to bones by means of tendons. These muscles are striated, and are voluntarily controlled. Skeletal muscles can further be sub-divided into two categories: red and white muscles. Red skeletal muscle tissue consists of a chemical not found in the white skeletal muscle called myoglobin. Myoglobin is a protein-like molecule, which aids in the storage of oxygen, which is essential to its function. Thus, this extra molecule is responsible for giving red muscles their coloring.
- Cardiac. - Voluntary. - Involuntary. :)
There are 23 Major Muscles.
Muscles are the type of tissue that allow you to smile. The zygomaticus major and minor muscles are primarily responsible for forming a smile on your face by pulling the corners of your mouth upward.
You have 600 muscles in your body and half of them are major muscles
1.psoas major 2.psoas minor 3.iliacus These are the muscles in the lower back, which is one of the areas knee to chest stretches.
cardiac muscles
Three major muscles in the back are the trapezius, latissimus dorsi, and the spinal erectae.
which type of muscles cannot be contolled
Sternocleidomastoid muscles
voluntary muscles
Involuntarily controlled muscles
Upper fibres of the trapezius, rhomboid minor and major and levator scapulae.