Which tissue type includes skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle?

• A. Epithelial tissue
• B. Connective tissue
• C. Muscle tissue
• D. Nervous tissue

Answer: (C)

Muscle tissue is the group that includes skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. All three share the ability to contract and generate force, which is what drives movement and bodily processes. Skeletal muscle attaches to bones and is under voluntary control, letting you choicefully move limbs. Cardiac muscle forms the walls of the heart and contracts rhythmically on its own, without conscious input. Smooth muscle lines the walls of hollow organs and blood vessels, contracting involuntarily to move substances through the body. Despite their differences in location and control, they’re all muscle tissue because their main function is to contract.

Epithelial tissue covers surfaces and lines cavities; connective tissue supports, binds, or protects; nervous tissue transmits signals. None of these describe all three muscle types, which is why muscle tissue is the right category here.