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What are the structural differences between skeletal and smooth muscles?

Give two structural differences between skeletal and smooth muscles.

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John
i) Skeletal Muscles

1. Has cells with many nuclei

2. Has striations

3. Has cylindrical shape with blunt end

4. Large running fibres

ii) Smooth Muscles

1. One nucleus

2. No striations

3. Spindle shaped with tapered ends

4. Spindle shaped

5. Have no strips

6. Have a single nucleus
johnmulu answered the question on January 21, 2017 at 12:21

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