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Yes, they are. While skeletal muscles are arranged in regular, parallel bundles, cardiac muscle connects at branching, irregular angles. Anatomically, the muscle fibers are typically branched like a tree branch. In addition, cardiac muscle fibers connect to other cardiac muscle fibers through intercalcated discs and form the appearance of a syncytium (continuous cellular material). These intercalcated discs, which appear as irregularly-spaced dark bands between myocytes (muscle cells), are a unique feature of cardiac muscle .

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What type of muscles are striation found in?

Striations are commonly found in skeletal muscles, which are the muscles responsible for voluntary movement. Smooth muscles, found in organs like the intestines and blood vessels, do not typically have striations.


Are cardiac muscles considered smooth muscles?

No, cardiac muscles are not considered smooth muscles. Cardiac muscles are a specialized type of muscle found in the heart that is striated (has a striped appearance under a microscope) and functions involuntarily. Smooth muscles, on the other hand, are found in organs such as blood vessels and the digestive tract, and do not have striations.


Skeletal muscles are also known as striated muscles because of their striped appearance?

Yes, skeletal muscles are also known as striated muscles due to the alternating light and dark bands (striations) that are visible under a microscope. This striated appearance is caused by the arrangement of the protein filaments within the muscle fibers.


How are the striations of a skeletal muscle produced?

Striations in skeletal muscle are produced by the repeating arrangement of protein filaments called actin and myosin. These filaments overlap in a specific pattern, forming alternating light and dark bands known as striations. When muscles contract, the actin and myosin filaments slide past each other, resulting in the shortening of the muscle and the appearance of the striations.


Are smooth muscles striated or smooth?

Smooth muscles are not striated, unlike skeletal muscles which have a striped appearance due to the arrangement of actin and myosin fibers. Smooth muscles are more uniform in structure and lack the striations seen in skeletal muscles.

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The muscle tissue that shows no striations is muscle?

Smooth muscle contains no striations whereas cardiac and skeletal muscles are striated.


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.


What muscles are striated muscles?

please help me with this answer. :) its cardiac and skeletal, only skeletal, smooth and skeletal, or smooth and cardiac 1 of thoses The skeletal muscle is striated.


What are the visible bands in cardiac and skeletal muscle called?

Visible bands in cardiac and skeletal muscle are called striated muscles.


What type of muscles are striation found in?

Striations are commonly found in skeletal muscles, which are the muscles responsible for voluntary movement. Smooth muscles, found in organs like the intestines and blood vessels, do not typically have striations.


Do cardiac muscles have striations?

Yes they have Cross Striations


Is a skeletal muscle the same as a striated muscle?

Yes, skeletal muscles are voluntary, meaning they can be intentionally controlled. This distinguishes them from the cardiac muscle (heart) and smooth muscles, which are involuntary.


How would you classify cardiac muscles?

The cardiac muscles can be classified as voluntary striated and involuntary non-striated.


Skeletal and cardiac muscles are this?

Both skeletal and cardiac muscles are striated muscles.


How are cardiac muscles and striated muscles the same?

They are not.


Do all muscle cells contain striations?

Skeletal and cardiac muscles are striated. Smooth muscles found in the walls of hollow organs such as the stomach and in the walls of blood vessels are unstriated.


What is the most common types of muscles?

Depends on how big a meat-head you are. There are exactly three types of muscle: cardiac (striated, bifurcated and mononucleated), smooth (no striations, multinucleated), and skeletal (striated, multinulceated).