Structure
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Voluntary muscle
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Involuntary muscle
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Cardiac muscle
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Fibres are elongated,
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Fibres are spindle shape
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Are branched
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Are multi nucleated
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Are uninucleated
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Are uninucleated
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Cross strations present
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No cross stration
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Paint cross stration and presence of intercalated disc
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Nucleus is located at the periphery of fibres
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Centrally located
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Centrally located
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Sarcolemma is present and encloses fibres
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Sarcolemma present
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No sarcolemma
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Location
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Constitute most of the meat or flesh of an animal and often found attach to bones
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Found in the walls of hallow structure like the gut, bladder, blood vessels
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Found only in the walls of hearts
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Functioning
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Contract fast but subject to fatigue rapidly
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Contract slowly and never fatigue
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Contract fast and never fatigue
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Under the control of the will
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Not under the control of the will
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Contraction is myogenix, initiated by the muscle itself and not by the nervous system
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Others names
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Striated or striped or skeletal muscle
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Unstriated, unstriped, plain, smooth, or visceral muscle
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Heart muscle
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