Question

What is muscular tissue? Describe structure and function of striated muscle fibres.

Answer 1

Muscular tissue:

• The muscular tissue form the contractile tissue of the body and are made of muscle cells or muscle fibres.
• Muscle cells are large and also elongated, hence called as muscle fibres.

Striated muscles

• Striated muscles are also known as striped, skeletal, or voluntary muscles.
• The striated muscle fibres cells are cylindrical, unbranched, long and non-tapering.
• Striated muscle cells are multinucleated.

Function

• Striated muscles help in locomotion and all other voluntary movements of the body.