Question
Biology Question on Skeletal System
Striped muscles are characterized by:
A
syncytial
B
spindle shape
C
uninucleate
D
none of these
Answer
syncytial
Explanation
Solution
Striated muscle or skeletal muscle or voluntary muscle or striped muscle fibre is an elongated cell surrounded externally by sarcolemma. Just beneath the sarcolemma in each fibre, many nuclei occur at irregular intervals. Thus, these fibres are multinucleated or syncytial in nature.