STPM Biology - chapter 2: Revision essay question 1

1. a. Distinguish between each of the following:

          i.    Cardiac muscle and striated muscle   [2]                                                                                                     

   Answer:

Cardiac	Striated
In heart	Attach to bones/skeleton
Intercalated disc/gap junctions/sarcomeres  irregularly arranged	No intercalated discs/no gap junctions /sacromeres regularly arranged
Branched	Not branched
One nucleus per cell/individual cell	Multinucleate/fibres
Myogenic/involuntary	Neurogenic/voluntary
Does not fatigue	Does fatigue