alleryStart learning →Cardiac muscle is unique because it is
AUnstriated and voluntary like smooth muscle
BStriated and voluntary like skeletal muscle
CStriated and involuntary at the same time
DUnstriated and involuntary like smooth muscle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Striated and involuntary at the same time
1. Skeletal muscle is striated and voluntary.
2. Smooth muscle is unstriated and involuntary.
3. The chapter notes cardiac muscle has cross-stripes like skeletal.
4. Yet it contracts without conscious control, so it is striated and involuntary.
_Source: Selina Concise Biology Class 9, Ch 3 Tissues, Plant and Animal Tissues (Mistral OCR'd PDF), section on cardiac muscle_
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