Muscle Tissues Muscle tissues Skeletal (striated) muscle Used to move skeleton Cardiac muscle Intercalated discs Smooth muscle Found in organs and blood vessel walls Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Skeletal Muscle Tissue Figure 4.14a Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Skeletal Muscle

Smooth Muscle Tissue Figure 4.14c Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Smooth muscle

Cardiac Muscle Tissue Figure 4.14b Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Cardiac muscle Intercalated disk