Asked by Rankins Cameron on Apr 25, 2024
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What type(s) of muscle are striated and which structure(s) are responsible for that appearance?
Striated Muscle
Muscle tissue that is marked by transverse dark and light bands, found in skeletal and cardiac muscles.
- Describe the characteristics and functional roles of striated muscles and the structures responsible for their appearance.
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Gretel HernandezMay 01, 2024
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Skeletal muscles are striated. Skeletal tissue has parallel arrays of long, cylindrical muscle fibers. The interior of each fiber is taken up by many long threadlike structures (myofibrils) that consist of row after row of contractile units. Because these rows are aligned the same way in the many myofibrils, skeletal muscle has a striated, or striped, appearance under the microscope.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the characteristics and functional roles of striated muscles and the structures responsible for their appearance.