Smooth:
lines the insides of hallow organs (intestine, stomach, blood vessels); NOT
striated; contracts slower (but for long periods of time); involuntary control;
aids in digestion (in the stomach); small, spindle shaped.
Cardiac:
found in the walls of the heart; FINELY striated; involuntary control; pumps
blood and is responsible for heartbeat; branched, short, cylindrical;
uninucleate or binucleate.
Skeletal:
found everywhere; HEAVILY striated; voluntary control; contracts to help with
posture and accounts for movement of the body parts; long, thick, unbranched,
cylindrical; multinucleate.
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