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Striated muscle tissue is marked by transverse dark and light bands, which are made up of elongated fibers. These muscles include skeletal and usually cardiac muscle of vertebrates, and also most of the muscle of arthropods.
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What are the major tissue of the muscular system?
Smooth: Lacks striations, thicker in middle and tapers at the ends, associated with involuntary muscle movements eg intestines.Skeletal: Striated, long fibres, that have multiple nuclei around the plasma membrane, typically attach to bones.Cardiac: Striated, branched muscle fibres that make up the heart, are shorter than skeletal muscle fibres.
Why should you not overtire your muscles?
Muscles should not be overworked because that can result in tearing of the muscles and muscle strain. It can also lead to other injuries like pulled muscles and sprains.
What organs are found in the Muscular System?
The main organs found in the human body's muscular system are the cardiac muscles, smooth muscles, and skeletal muscles.
How do you get a cramp?
Muscular cramp occurs when the oxygen demand by muscles is greater than what the body can provide. When the supply is less than the demand, the muscles start to undergo anaerobic respiration - this results in a build-up of lactate in the muscles. When the levels of lactate become too high, the muscles cramp.
Where is glucogen stored?
Glucose is stored as glycogen in muscles and liver.
Are skeletal muscles striated?
They are striated because striated means kind of stripey and the muscles has stripes of muscle itself.
Which type of mucsle is referred to striated?
Your voluntary muscles are referred as striated muscles.
Describes muscles that are stripped in appearance?
Skeletal muscles are striated which look "striped". The best example of striated muscles is in your thighs. By comparison, your heart is smooth muscle.
Are all striated muscles voluntary?
No, cardiac muscle is striated but involuntary.
Most of your muscles are striated skeletal muscles but you also have smooth muscles Which of these organs has a third type a striated kind?
Heart
What is the simple subject of skeletal muscles are striated or striped?
Striated
How are cardiac muscles and striated muscles the same?
They are not.
What kind of muscles are triceps and biceps?
The biceps and triceps muscles are examples of skeletal or striated muscle.
How would you classify cardiac muscles?
The cardiac muscles can be classified as voluntary striated and involuntary non-striated.
What are the following types of muscles are striated?
skeletal and cardiac muscle are striated
Are Striated muscles found in the wall of blood vessels?
Non striated
What is another name for muscles in the body?
striated muscles
