6.1 Overview of Muscle Tissues

attached to bones or, for some facial muscles, to skin

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

walls of the heart

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

Mostly in walls of hollow visceral organs (other than the heart)

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

connective tissue components: endomysium

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

connective tissue components: epimysium, perimysium and endomysium

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

connective tissue components: endomysium attached to the fibrous skeleton of the heart

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

contraction: voluntary; via nervous system controls

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

contraction: involuntary; the heart has a pacemaker; also nervous system controls, hormones

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

contraction: involuntary; nervous system controls; hormones, chemicals, stretch

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

no rhythmic contraction

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth