“Striated Muscles”  

Striated Muscle

  In our body's muscular system, Striated Muscle is a form of fibers that combine into bands of parallel fibers, specifically divided into two subtypes: Skeletal muscle and Cardiac muscle.

"Striated Muscle" sometimes is refer exclusively to skeletal muscle as a distinction from smooth muscle.

Striated Cardiac and Skeletal Muscles

  In our body's muscular system, the Striated Muscles Cardiac muscle and skeletal muscles are "striated" composed of a series of sarcomeres, the smallest contractile unit of muscles, packed into highly-regular arrangements of bundles.

Striated muscle contracts and relaxes in short, intense bursts. Skeletal Muscles are arranged in regular, parallel bundles, Cardiac Muscles connects at branching, irregular angles. *

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