Question
How are muscles classified based on their location? Mention their important functions.

Answer

  1. Skeletal muscles, visceral muscles and cardiac muscles.
  2. Skeletal muscles are primarily involved in locomotory activities and change of body postures.
  3. Visceral muscles assist in movement of substances/ materials in the hollow visceral organs.
  4. Cardiac muscles are involved in the pumping of blood by the heart.

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