Question

List THREE Muscle Tissues. In SIX different ways, Compare and Contrast between the three Muscle Tissue types.

Answer 1

Muscle tissue is a soft tissue that is formed during embryonic development via a process known as myogenesis.

The three major types of muscle tissues are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissues.

Serial No.	Skeletal / Striated / Striped / Voluntary muscle	Smooth / Unstriped / Non-striated / Involuntary muscle	Cardiac muscle
1. Define	These muscle tissues have light and dark bands on it so they are known as Striped or striated muscle. They move as per our will so-known as voluntary muscle. They are attached to all bones and help in movement so-known as Skeletal muscle.	They do not have light and dark bands. They do not move as per our will so-known as involuntary muscle.	The muscle tissues have a structure in between the striated and non-striated muscle and are involuntary.
2. Structure	They have long cylindrical in shaped branched cells. The cells are multinucleated (that is many nuclei). The fibres are arranged in the form of bundles.	They have spindle shape cells and are uninucleated. The fibres are arranged in the form of sheets.	They have short cylindrical-shaped branched cells and are uninucleated. The fibres are arranged in the form of a network.
3. Location	They are located in limbs (arms and legs), tongue, body, face, nack etc.	They are located in Iris, bronchi of lungs, alimentary canal wall, blood vessels, etc.	They are located at the walls of heart
4. Function	The muscles can contract quickly but cannot be remain contracted for a long period. Therefore they experience fatigue (tired).	The muscles are contracted slowly but cam be remain contracted for a kong period of time. Therefore they do not experience fatigue (tired).	The muscle can contract quickly fast with rhythmicity. Therefore they do not experience fatigue (tired).
5. Sarcoplasmic reticulum	They contain well developed sarcoplasmic reticulum and transverse tubules.	They have poorly developed sarcoplasmic reticulum and transverse tubules are absent.	They have moderately developed sarcoplasmic reticulum and transverse tubules.
6. Gap junction	The muscles fibres are stimulated independently so they do not require gap junction (do not possess gap junction).	The gap junction is generally present for the activation purpose.	The gap junction is present for the stimulation as intercalated discs.