The Total solution for NCERT class 6-12
Striated muscles
Unstriated muscles
Cardiac muscles
Each muscle is long, cylindrical, non-tapering and multi- nucleate.
Each muscle fibre is long, flattened, spindle shaped, tapering and uninucleate.
The fibres have centrally located one or two nuclei and transverse striations with light and dark bands. They are branched.
Show striations.
Do not show striations.
Show transverse striations.
Occur in the limbs, body wall and neck.
Occur in the walls of all tubular organs such as the stomach, intestines, blood vessels, breathing passages and the urino-genital ducts.
Occur only in the walls of the heart.