Week 10 PP

There are two types of muscles smooth and striated. Smooth muscles are located in the digestive tract. Smooth muscles function by the pathway of the autonomic nervous system, which is the pathway from the brain that occurs involuntary. Striated muscles are broken down further as cardiac and skeletal. Cardiac muscles are also controlled by the autonomic nervous system and are located in the cardiovascular region of the body such as the heart. Skeletal muscles are the muscles that move bones around joints, moves eyes, they also help a person breather and produce speech such as the diaphragm. Unlike the cardiac and smooth muscles, skeletal muscles are controlled by the somatic nervous system.