Skeletal Muscle

Smooth muscle

V. Questions

1. What cellular structures are visibly common to all types of muscle cells?

- The structure that is visible to all types of muscle cells is the nucleus.

2. In a tabulated forms, differentiate the skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles in terms of:

Cell width Cell form Position of nuclei # of nuclei Presence of striations Intercalated disc

Skeletal muscle 5 micrometers

Smooth muscle 2.2 to 4.5 micrometers Striated muscle Non-striated muscle tissue tissue Located peripherally Centrally located in under the plasma the nucleus membrane. Many nuclei Single nuclei There is a presence No presence of of striations. striations None None

Cardiac muscle 15 micrometers Striated muscle tissue Centrally located in the nuclei. 1 or 2 nuclei There is a presence of striations. Contains intercalated disc