Some Terms Used to Classify Muscles

Criteria

Terms

   

Location

Somatic; Visceral

 

Embryology

Epimere; Hypomere

Location relative to pharyngeal arches

 

Branchiomeric; Hypobranchial

Nervous control

Voluntary; Involuntary

Microscopic Appearance

Cardiac; Smooth; Striated

Color

Red; White

 

Force generation

Phasic (fast & slow twitch); Tonic