Question

Give two main differences between unstriped and striped muscular tissues and give examples of each.

Answer 1

The two main differences between unstriped and striped muscular tissues are as follows:-

• Striped/Striated/Skeletal/Voluntary muscles are long, cylindrical and unbranched while Unstriped/Unstriated/Smooth/Involuntary muscles are small and Spindle-shaped.
• Striped muscles are multinucleate while unstriped muscles are uninucleate.
• The example of striped(voluntary) muscles is locomotory muscles, tongue, pharynx, diaphragm, middle ear muscles, sheets of muscles of the abdominal wall under the skin.
• The example of unstriped(involuntary) muscles are muscles of urogenital tracts, alimentary tracts, respiratory tracts, ducts of glands, blood vessels, ciliary muscles.