Differences and similarities between involuntary and cardiac muscles .
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Cardiac and skeletal muscle are both striated in appearance, while smooth muscle is not. Both cardiac and smooth muscle are involuntary while skeletal muscle is voluntary. ... Cardiac muscle is also an involuntary muscle but is more akin in structure to skeletal muscle, and is found only in the heart.
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Cardiac Muscle Skeletal Muscle
Found
_In heart only Attached to bones of the - entire body
Length
-Shorter Longer
Controlled by
-Autonomic nervous system Somatic nervous system
Shape
-Semi-spindle Cylindrical
Function
Pumping blood Movement of the body
Gap junctions
Present Absent
Cell type
Uninucleated Multinucleated
Endomysium
Dense Less Dense
Speed of contraction
Less Fast
Contracts
Without neural stimulation With neural stimulation