Muscle tissue

Muscle tissue cells are called muscle fibers and have the ability to contract and stretch allowing various body movements.
Muscle tissue can be of three types:
Smooth: involuntary and not fluted, it can be found on the walls of internal organs
Skeletal striatum: Voluntary, striatum attaches to bones
Striated cardiac: Involuntary striated, is found in the heart.


MCCRACKEN, Thomas, Atlas do Corpo Humano “sistema muscular’’, 1999.

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