Match the terms to these definitions.
adipose tissue, blood, cardiac muscle, compact bone, connective tissue, endocrine gland, epidermis, epithelial tissue, exocrine gland, fibroblast, homeostasis, lacuna, ligament, organ system, skeletal muscle, spongy bone, tendon tissue, nervous tissue, striated muscle.
.......... Having bands such as in cardiac and skeletal muscle.

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Having bands such as in cardiac and skeletal muscles are by the virtue of striated muscle fibres. Such fibres have actin and myosin filaments that bring about contraction. Striation is caused by sarcomere, a basic unit in muscle composed of repeated actin and myosin filaments.

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