Matching Pairs 3 types of musclesOnline version The characteristics of smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle by DeVaughn Harris 1 Cardiac muscle 2 Quick fatigue 3 Does not fatigue 4 Striated muscles 5 Involuntary control 6 Smooth muscle 7 Automaticity 8 Skeletal muscle 9 Voluntary control 10 Unstriated muscles skeletal muscles require more energy causing them to contraction of muscles by free will or choice. Includes the somatic nervous system. 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. smooth/cardiac muscle located in the heart smooth muscles characteristic which allows the muscle to create its own electrical signal Reflex or action done without conscious control or will. (Cardiac and smooth muscle) Cardiac/skeletal