NEETBiologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsMCQ+4 / −1
Smooth muscles are
- Ainvoluntary, cylindrical, striated
- Binvoluntary, fusiform, non-striated
- Cvoluntary, spindle-shaped, uninucleate
- Dvoluntary, multinucleate, cylindrical
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Correct answer: B
Smooth muscle fibres are elongated and spindle shaped (fusiform). Each fibre contains a single oval nucleus surrounded by cytoplasm (sarcoplasm). In cytoplasm, myofibrils are arranged longitudinally. These fibres lack striations and sarcolemma, however are enclosed by plasma membrane.
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