Muscle Tissue
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Features | Skeletal Muscle | Smooth Muscle | Cardiac Muscle | |
Type of Fibres | Thick, long, unbranched, cylindrical | Small, spindle-shaped | Short, branching, cylindrical | |
Nuclei per cell | Many, peripheral | One, central | One or two, central | |
Type of Striations | Heavily striated | Nonstriated | Finely striated | |
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | Highly Organised | Poorly Organised | Poorly Organised | |
Motor End Plates | Present | Absent | Absent | |
Type of Control | Voluntary | Involuntary | Involuntary | |
Location | Skeletal Muscle | Hollow organs, respiratory, reproductive, urinary systems | Heart |
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