2006-10-31 01:31:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Skeletal muscles are striated - they look striped in the direction their fibres grow. Smooth muscles are, well, smooth.
Look closely at a picture of a competitive bodybuilder striking a pose - you'll notice that his muscles look "stripy". They are more obvious they bigger the muscles are and the less fat there is under the skin to obscure them.
2006-10-31 01:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by k² 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cellular structure of smooth muscle looks different than skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle sort of has a belly in the center with very tapered ends. Smooth muscle doesn't look like that.
2006-10-31 01:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by yodeladyhoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skeletal muscle cells have striations lacking in smooth muscle cells.
2006-10-31 02:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called smooth because of their consistent appearance. The contrasting quality is "striated" muscle, which consists of alternating bands of three different types of filaments. This structure, which does not occur in smooth muscle, called a sarcomere. Only striated muscles are capable of voluntary contraction; the contractions of smooth muscle tissue are always involuntary.
2006-10-31 01:35:15 · answer #4 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you in AMP? lol Skeletal: striated, multinucleate, and arranged in parallel fascicles. Every fiber innervated and under voluntary control Smooth: lacks striations and arranged in sheets in many internal organs. Involuntary and under the control of the ANS
2016-05-22 16:50:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skeletal muscle is striated...which gives it a rougher appearance.
2006-10-31 01:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by J. P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋