What are the differences between skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle?

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No.	Character	Skeletal	Smooth	Cardiac
1.	Location	Attached to skeleton	Walls of viscera around arteries	Wall of heart
2.	Shape of fibre	Elongated and cylindrical	Elongated spindle-shaped	Elongated, cylindrical and branched
3.	Number of nuclei	Many	One	One
4.	Position of nuclei	Peripheral	Central	Central
5.	Cross striations	Present	Absent	Present
6.	Speed of contraction	Rapid	Slow	Intermediate
7.	Ability to remain contracted	Least	Most	Intermediate
8.	Type of control	Voluntary	Involuntary	Involuntary