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Question
The muscular tissue which function throughout the life continuously without fatigue is
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skeletal muscle
cardiac muscle
smooth muscle
voluntary muscle
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Solution
cardiac muscle
Cardiac muscles are found in the wall of the heart and in the wall of large veins (e.g. pulmonary veins and superior vena cava) where these veins enter the heart. Cardiac muscle fibres are richly supplied with blood vessels and they never get fatigued.
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