Which muscle type is typically attached to bones and enables voluntary movement?

Which muscle type is typically attached to bones and enables voluntary movement?

• A. Cardiac Muscle
• B. Tendon
• C. Skeletal Muscle
• D. Smooth Muscle

Answer: (C)

Skeletal muscle is the type that attaches to bones and enables voluntary movement. It forms the majority of the muscles you use to move your limbs, and you control it consciously through the somatic nervous system. Its fibers are striated and usually multi‑nucleated, organized into sarcomeres that shorten when they contract, pulling on tendons to move bones at joints. This direct connection to bone via tendons and its voluntary control set skeletal muscle apart from other muscle types. Cardiac muscle, found in the heart, contracts involuntarily; smooth muscle lines the walls of hollow organs and also contracts involuntarily; and a tendon is connective tissue that links muscle to bone, not a muscle itself.

Skeletal muscle is the type that attaches to bones and enables voluntary movement. It forms the majority of the muscles you use to move your limbs, and you control it consciously through the somatic nervous system. Its fibers are striated and usually multi‑nucleated, organized into sarcomeres that shorten when they contract, pulling on tendons to move bones at joints. This direct connection to bone via tendons and its voluntary control set skeletal muscle apart from other muscle types. Cardiac muscle, found in the heart, contracts involuntarily; smooth muscle lines the walls of hollow organs and also contracts involuntarily; and a tendon is connective tissue that links muscle to bone, not a muscle itself.