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The type of muscles present in our:

 

Option: 1

Heart are involuntary and unstriated smooth muscles

 


Option: 2

Intestine are striated and involuntary

 


Option: 3

Thigh are striated and voluntary

 


Option: 4

Upper arm are smooth muscle fibres fusiform in shape


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Location-

  • Skeletal muscles are found in limbs, body walls, pharynx, initial regions of the oesophagus.
  • These are voluntary muscles i.e. they are under the control of an individual’s will. 

Structure- 

  • These muscles fibres are found in the form of bundles.
  • These are attached to the skeleton.
  • A muscle fibre is an elongated cell. It is surrounded by sarcolemma ( plasma membrane of muscle fibre).
  • These muscle fibres are multinucleated. Nuclei are irregularly scattered in the cytoplasm of muscle fibre which is called sarcoplasm. 
  • In the sarcoplasm, tightly bound myofibrils are present.

 

The skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles i.e. they are under the control of an individual’s will.  These are attached to the skeleton.

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