Question

Prepare a temporary stained striated muscle fibre of cockroach. Based on the observations, answer the following questions.
(I) In which kind of muscle fibres do you see light and dark bands-Striated or unstriated?
(II) Are these fibres uninucleate or multinucleate?
(III) What is the shape of the muscle fibres?

Answer 1

1) Striated muscle fibres show dark band
2) Striated muscle fibres are multinucleated.
3) The shape of these fibres is long, cylindrical and non-tapering.