Biology I / Muscle and Nervous Tissue
Practice question · Sort into groups

Striation reflects the sarcomere arrangement, not the control system, which is why cardiac muscle is striated yet involuntary. Sort each feature by the muscle type it belongs to.

Groups: Skeletal muscle · Cardiac muscle · Smooth muscle

Hints
  1. Two of the three are striated, and only one of those is voluntary.
  2. Intercalated discs are unique to the heart.
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Skeletal muscle: Voluntary, many nuclei, Bone-bound, striated

Cardiac muscle: Intercalated discs, Striated, involuntary

Smooth muscle: Unstriated, organ walls

Why

Striation tracks the sarcomere arrangement, not the control system, cardiac muscle is striated yet involuntary. Intercalated discs are the heart’s alone, and they are what make it contract as one coordinated unit.

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