How many types of muscles are there in the human body?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 3
The human body has three types of muscles:
Skeletal (striated) muscles — attached to the bones; voluntary, they move the limbs.
Smooth (unstriated) muscles — in the walls of the stomach, intestines and blood vessels; involuntary.
Cardiac muscles — found only in the heart; involuntary, they contract all through life without tiring.