Difference between striated muscle smooth muscle and cardiac muscle


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differentiate between striated, smooth and cardiac muscles depending upon their structure and location

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Hey mate,

These are the diagrams of striated muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle respectively.

Now Differentiation between them.


☆Striated Muscle
(1.) Cylindrical shape.
(2.) Unbranched.
(3.) Striation present.
(4.) disc absent.
(5.) present in limbs and neck.
(6.) voluntary in action.


☆Smooth Muscle.
(1.) Spindle shape.
(2.) Unbranched.
(3.) Striation absent.
(4.) Disc Absent.
(5.) present in visceral (hollow) organs for example, urinary bladder, stomach and intestine etc.


☆Cardiac Muscle.
(1.) Cylindrical shape.
(2.) Branched .
(3.) Striation present.
(4.) Disc present.
(5.) Present in heart only.
(6.) Involuntary in action.


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