alleryStart learning →Smooth muscle differs from skeletal muscle because smooth muscle is
AFound mainly attached to skeletal bones
BVoluntary and striated like skeletal muscle
CFound only inside the human heart wall
DInvoluntary and unstriated in appearance
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Involuntary and unstriated in appearance
1. Smooth muscle lacks the cross-stripes of skeletal muscle.
2. It lines stomach, intestines and blood vessels.
3. It works without conscious control.
4. So smooth muscle is unstriated and involuntary.
_Source: Selina Concise Biology Class 9, Ch 3 Tissues, Plant and Animal Tissues (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on smooth muscle_
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