Question 13 Marks
Differentiate between various types of muscular tissues. Draw appropriate diagrams.
Answer

View full question & answer→| Types | Striated Muscles | Unstriated Muscles | Cardiac Muscles |
| Structure | These are made up of long, cylindrical, unbranched and multinucleate cells. These show alternate light and dark striations. | These muscles are made up of long uninucleate cells with pointed ends. | These are made up of cells, which are cylindrical, branched and uninucleate. |
| Striations | They show alternate light and dark bands or striations. | These do not show striations. | These muscles show faint striations. |
| Site/Location | These are located in limbs and are mostly attached to bones to help in body movement. | These are mostly present in the walls of the alimentary canal. blood vessels, ureters, bronchi of the lungs and in the iris of eyes. | These are present only in the walls of the heart. |
