Matching Pairs 3 types of musclesOnline version The characteristics of smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle by DeVaughn Harris 1 Involuntary control 2 Smooth muscle 3 Automaticity 4 Voluntary control 5 Quick fatigue 6 Does not fatigue 7 Unstriated muscles 8 Striated muscles 9 Skeletal muscle 10 Cardiac muscle muscle located in the heart smooth muscles characteristic which allows the muscle to create its own electrical signal contraction of muscles by free will or choice. Includes the somatic nervous system. smooth/cardiac Reflex or action done without conscious control or will. (Cardiac and smooth muscle) muscle located in hollow organs such as bladder, stomach, intestines, blood vessels, etc. muscle attached to skeletal system from the help of tendons or another form of connective tissue called aponeurosis. Cardiac/skeletal skeletal muscles require more energy causing them to