Some Terms Used to Classify Muscles
Criteria
Terms
Location
Somatic; Visceral
Embryology
Epimere; Hypomere
Location relative to pharyngeal arches
Branchiomeric; Hypobranchial
Nervous control
Voluntary; Involuntary
Microscopic Appearance
Cardiac; Smooth; Striated
Color
Red; White
Force generation
Phasic (fast & slow twitch); Tonic