Identify the tissue shown in the diagram and match with its characteristics and its location :- [Figure]
- Smooth muscles, show branching, found in the walls of the heart.
- Striated muscles, tapering at both-ends, attached with the bones of the ribs
- Skeletal muscle, shows striations and closely attached with the bones of the limbs
- Cardiac muscles, unbranched muscles, found in the walls of the heart
Answer
(3) Skeletal muscle, shows striations and closely attached with the bones of the limbs
Solution
The diagram shows long, cylindrical, unbranched fibres with alternate light and dark bands (striations), bundled together in parallel, with nuclei at the periphery.
⇒ It is skeletal (striated) muscle.
As per NCERT, skeletal muscle tissue is closely attached to skeletal bones; in a typical muscle such as the biceps, striated (striped) skeletal muscle fibres are bundled together in a parallel fashion.
Smooth muscle fibres taper at both ends and are not striated; cardiac muscle is branched and found in the heart wall.
Answer: (3)