Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Distinguish between smooth muscles and skeletal muscles.
Advertisements
Solution
| No. | Smooth Muscles | Skeletal Muscles |
| 1. | These muscles are found in the walls of visceral organs and blood vessels. | These muscles are found attached to the bone. |
| 2. | Each muscle cell is spindle-shaped or fusiform and unbranched. | They are cylindrical in shape and branched. |
| 3. | They have a single, centrally located nucleus. | They contain several nuclei that are shifted to the periphery due to the presence of large number of myofibrils. |
| 4. | Striations are absent in smooth muscles. | Striations are present in skeletal muscles |
| 5. | They undergo slow and sustained involuntary contractions. | They show quick and strong voluntary contractions. |
| 6. | They contain lesser myosin are more actin as compared to skeletal muscles. | They contain more myosin and lesser actin as compared to smooth muscles. |
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Name the tissue responsible for movement in our body.
Diagrammatically, show the difference between the three types of muscle fibres.
Differentiate between striated, unstriated and cardiac muscles on the basis of their structure and site/location in the body.
Distinguish between Cardiac muscle and striated muscle
Write true or false of the statement. Rewrite the false statement correctly.
Cardiac muscles are involuntary muscles.
Smooth muscles occur in ______.
Voluntary muscles are found in
Match the column (A) with the column (B)
| (A) | (B) | ||
| (a) | Fluid connective tissue | (i) | Subcutaneous layer |
| (b) | Filling of space inside the organs | (ii) | Cartilage |
| (c) | Striated muscle | (iii) | Skeletal muscle |
| (d) | Adipose tissue | (iv) | Areolar tissue |
| (e) | Surface of joints | (v) | Blood |
| (f) | Stratified squamous epithelium | (vi) | Skin |
Differentiate the following activities on the basis of voluntary (V) or involuntary (IV) muscles.
Movement of chocolate in your intestine
Assertion: Non-striated muscles are said to be voluntary in nature.
Reason: Non-striated muscles are under the control of our will.
