Question

Read the following statements carefully and select the correct ones.

(i) Cardiac fibers are branched with one or more nuclei.

(ii) Smooth muscles are unbranched and cylindrical.

(iii) Skeletal muscles can be branched or unbranched.

(iv) Smooth muscles are non–striated.

• A.
  only (iv)
• B.
  (ii) and (iii)
• C.
  (iii) and (iv)
• D.
  only (iii)

Answer 1

The correct option is A

only (iv)
Smooth muscle is non-striated, unbranched and spindle shaped.

Skeletal muscle is striated, unbranched and multinucleated.

Cardiac muscle fibres are striated, branched and uninucleated.

So, the correct option is 'smooth muscles are non–striated'.