muscle cell specialization

The striated muscle occurs in bundles called fascicles. Each fascicle has a large number of muscle fibres that are held together by connective tissue. The individual muscle fibre is elongated, cylindrical and unbranched. Each fibre is bound by a thick and distinc..

Cardiac muscles are extensively present in the heart. They show characteristics of both striated and unstriated muscles. They are composed of non-tapering cells with faint cross-striations. Each cell contains one or two nuclei. The cells are cyl..

Smooth Muscle - It is also called unstriped or nonstriated or involuntary or visceral muscle. The smooth muscle always occurs in the form of thin sheets. Each sheet has a large number of muscle fibres that are held together by a transparent connective tissue ..

Striated Muscle - It is also known as striped or voluntary or skeletal muscle. The striated muscle occurs in bundles called fascicles. Each fascicle has a large number of muscle fibres that are held together by connective tissue. The individual muscle..

Striated muscle fibres These are striped muscles and are voluntary since their contraction is under the control of the will. The entire muscle fibre shows alternate dark and light patches. They are long cylindrical unbranched cells, with a number of nucle..

Simple epithelium may sometimes become modified for some specific functions. Two such modifications are very common, namely, ciliated epithelium and glandular epithelium. Ciliated epithelium is always a modification of columnar epithelium. Here, the cells are characterized by the presence..

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Spontaneous redox reactions are the metal displacement reactions. Therefore such reactions have been used for producing electricity. This is done by carrying out these reactions in specially designed units called electrochemical cells. An electrochemical cell is a dev..