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# Skeletal muscles
# Skeletal muscles
# Smooth muscles
# Smooth muscles
# Cardiac muscles
# Cardiac muscles
About 40 percent of the human body is made up of skeletal muscle, and perhaps another 10 percent is smooth and cardiac muscle.<ref>Guyton, Arthur C. Guyton And Hall Textbook Of Medical Physiology. Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, 2011.GUYTON – Unit II – Chapter 6 – Contraction of Skeletal muscle</ref>
About 40 percent of the human body is made up of skeletal muscle, and perhaps another 10 percent is smooth and cardiac muscle.<ref>
Guyton A.C., Hall J.E. Contraction of Skeletal muscle. In: Guyton A.C., Hall J.E., editors. Textbook Of Medical Physiology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier; 2011. pp. 72-74 </ref>
Smooth muscle is composed of far smaller fibers – usually 1 to 5 micrometers in diameter and only 20 to 500 micrometers in length.
Smooth muscle is composed of far smaller fibers – usually 1 to 5 micrometers in diameter and only 20 to 500 micrometers in length.
In contrast, skeletal muscle fibers are as much as 30 times greater in diameter and a hundred times longer.
In contrast, skeletal muscle fibers are as much as 30 times greater in diameter and a hundred times longer.
The fundamental principles of contraction are almost the same in skeletal muscles and smooth muscles. However the structural arrangement is different in both groups.<ref>Guyton, Arthur C. Guyton And Hall Textbook Of Medical Physiology. Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, 2011.GUYTON – Unit II – Chapter 8 – Contraction & Excitation of Smooth muscle</ref>
The fundamental principles of contraction are almost the same in skeletal muscles and smooth muscles. However the structural arrangement is different in both groups.<ref> Guyton A.C., Hall J.E. Contraction & Excitation of Smooth muscle. In: Guyton A.C., Hall J.E., editors. Textbook of Medical Physiology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier; 2011. pp. 92-99</ref>
These can be referred to as various types and shapes of peshi and snayu described above.
These can be referred to as various types and shapes of peshi and snayu described above.