Muscle Types Histology: Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth.

Is there Striation presence in skeletal muscle?

Striated

Three types of muscle tissue

Skeletal, cardiac, smooth

Is there Striation presence in cardiac muscle?

Striated

Is there Striation presence in smooth muscle?

Non‑striated

What is the Nuclear arrangement in skeletal muscle

Multiple peripheral nuclei

What is the Nuclear arrangement in Cardiac muscle

Single central nucleus

What is the Nuclear arrangement in Smooth muscle

Single central nucleus

What is the Cell shape of skeletal muscle

Long cylindrical fibers

What is the Cell shape of cardiac muscle

Branched fibers

What is the Cell shape of smooth muscle

Spindle‑shaped cells

What is the Control type for skeletal muscle

Voluntary

What is the Control type for cardiac muscle

Involuntary

What is the Control type for smooth muscle

Involuntary

Key structural feature of cardiac muscle

Intercalated discs

Key structural feature of smooth muscle

Dense bodies

Where is cardiac muscle found?

Only in the walls of the heart (myocardium).

Where is skeletal muscle found?

Attached to bones; forms the muscles of the limbs, trunk, and face.

Where is smooth muscle found?

In the walls of hollow organs (GI tract, blood vessels, airways, bladder, uterus).