Involuntary muscle

An engaging lesson presentation (36 slides) that looks at the three types of muscle that are found in the body and then focusses on the structure and features of the involuntary muscles, cardiac and smooth. The lesson begins by challenging the students to recall the names of the different types and then gets them to recognise that cardiac and smooth are able to contract without conscious thought. Moving forwards, time is taken to look at the details of these muscles and key terminology such as intercalated discs and gap junctions are introduced so that students can understand how they perform their different functions. There are regular progress checks throughout the lesson so that students can assess their understanding.

This lesson has been designed for A-level Biology lessons.