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.