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Identify and describe two muscle tissues.

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There are three types of muscle tissue.

Skeletal muscle or striated muscle\textbf{Skeletal muscle or striated muscle} is the type of muscle we can voluntary control\textit{we can voluntary control}. Those are the muscles attached to the bone, muscles which control the eyeball, and muscles of the upper third of the oesophagus. On histological preparations, we can see long, threadlike muscle cells with many cross striations and many nuclei.

Smooth muscle\textbf{Smooth muscle} is the type of muscle tissue that we can not control by our will\textit{we can not control by our will}. Under the microscope, we see long cells, with a single nucleus and without any striations\textit{without any striations}(they appear smooth). It locates in the muscle layer of the intestines, walls of the blood vessels and the tubes of the respiratory system.

Cardiac muscle\textbf{Cardiac muscle} is a special type of muscle tissue located only in the heart. It produces involuntary contractions or heartbeats\textit{involuntary contractions or heartbeats}. It has a special arrangement of cells that allows fast impulse travel and contractions.

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