Matching Pairs 3 types of musclesOnline version The characteristics of smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle by DeVaughn Harris 1 Skeletal muscle 2 Involuntary control 3 Smooth muscle 4 Striated muscles 5 Quick fatigue 6 Unstriated muscles 7 Does not fatigue 8 Cardiac muscle 9 Automaticity 10 Voluntary control 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. Cardiac/skeletal skeletal muscles require more energy causing them to muscle located in the heart muscle attached to skeletal system from the help of tendons or another form of connective tissue called aponeurosis. smooth/cardiac smooth muscles contraction of muscles by free will or choice. Includes the somatic nervous system. characteristic which allows the muscle to create its own electrical signal