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The muscles taking part in the transportation of food through the digestive tract and gametes through the genital tract are
Option: 1
Skeletal muscles
Option: 2
Striated muscles
Option: 3
Visceral muscles
Option: 4
Cardiac muscles
Answers (1)
Muscles and Their Types -
- Muscle is a specialised tissue of mesodermal origin.
- About 40-50 percent of the bodyweight of a human adult is contributed by muscles.
- They have special properties like excitability, contractility, extensibility and elasticity.
- Muscles have been classified using different criteria, namely location, appearance and nature of regulation of their activities.
- Based on their location, three types of muscles are identified :
- (i) Skeletal
- (ii) Visceral and
- (iii) Cardiac
Visceral Muscles:
- Visceral muscles are located in the inner walls of hollow visceral organs of the body like the alimentary canal, reproductive tract, etc.
- They do not exhibit any striation and are smooth in appearance.
- Hence, they are called smooth muscles (nonstriated muscle).
- Their activities are not under the voluntary control of the nervous system and are therefore known as involuntary muscles.
- They assist, for example, in the transportation of food through the digestive tract and gametes through the genital tract.
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Visceral muscles assist in the transportation of food through the digestive tract and gametes through the genital tract. Hence, the correct option is visceral muscles
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