Question

Difference between striated and unstriated and cardiac muscles

Answer 1

Striated muscles :

• Striated muscles are long unbranched , branched and multinucleate .
• Striated muscles are attached to bones and help in body movements .

Unstriated muscles :

• They are spindle shaped and uninucleate .
• They are found in the iris of the eye , in ureters and in the bronchi of the lungs .

Cardiac muscles :

• The cardiac muscles show rhythmic contraction and relaxation throughout life .
• They are involuntary muscles .
• Cardiac muscles are cylindrical , branched and uninucleate .

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