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What are ‘Skeletal’ muscles?

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  • These are also called ‘voluntary’ muscles and they make up the majority of the muscles in the body
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What are ‘Involuntary muscles’?

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  • A form of muscles that you cannot control, which are found in the walls of intestines and blood vessels
  • They have to keep contracting to allow crucial body functions to continue
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What are ‘Cardiac’ muscles?

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  • A form of involuntary muscles as they work automatically and constantly.
  • They are only found in the walls of the heart, working to make sure that the heart is being constantly
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How is muscle attached to bone?

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By tendon