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Types of Muscle

There are three types of muscle: skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscleSkeletal muscles are responsible for movement e.g. biceps. Cardiac muscle is found only in the heart. Smooth muscle (involuntary muscle) is found in organs such as stomach, bladder and the walls of blood vessels and the digestive system.

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Specification: OCR Biology A (H420), A-level, 5.1.5 Plant and animal responses. Topic: Muscles.

Key terms in this lesson

Sensory receptor
A specialised cell that detects a stimulus and converts (transduces) it into a generator potential.
Effector
A muscle or gland that brings about a response to a stimulus.

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