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Striations are light and dark bands on skeletal and caridac muscle fibers. Smooth muscle lacks striations
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Do cardiac muscles have striations?
Yes they have Cross Striations
Why is it called muscles?
Because it lacks striations the muscle appears to look very smooth under a microscope.
Is the heart called smooth or striated?
There are three types of muscles: Skeletal (what we think of when we move our bodies), Cardiac (muscle found only in the heart), and Smooth (muscle in our organs, such as the stomach). Cardiac muscles are striated muscles, they have striations just like skeletal muscles. Striations help move muscles, basically. Hope this helped a little.
This type of muscle tissue contains striations?
voluntary muscles and cardiac muscles
What organ has involuntary and striated muscles?
The heart as both involuntary and striated muscles. The striations are similar skeletal muscles. Heart muscles are involuntary like the muscles seen in the digestive tract, called smooth muscle.
What qualities do cardiac and skeletal muscles share?
Both cardiac and skeletal muscles have striations
The muscle tissue that shows no striations is muscle?
Smooth muscle contains no striations whereas cardiac and skeletal muscles are striated.
What do muscles look like?
Smooth muscles look like spindels.
What is neurospora?
This is a type of fungi whose spores have striations that look like neurons (nerve cells).
How is cradiac similar to skeletal muscle?
Both types of muscles have striations in their cells for greater contraction. These striations are in the form of crossing and alternating light and dark bands.
What do smoothe muscles look like?
Smooth muscles look like spindels.
Is cardiac involuntary muscles with striations in your heart?
Yes. The muscles work to help the heart and the rest of the body. Thanks for looking up this question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XOXO
