Matching Pairs 3 types of muscles (D)Online version The characteristics of smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle by Cassie Hodgin 1 Striated muscles 2 Cardiac muscle 3 Smooth muscle 4 Skeletal muscle 5 Involuntary control 6 Voluntary control 7 Quick fatigue 8 Unstriated muscles 9 Automaticity 10 Does not fatigue smooth muscles muscle located in the heart smooth/cardiac 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. Reflex or action done without conscious control or will. (Cardiac and smooth muscle) 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 characteristic which allows the muscle to create its own electrical signal