Cardiac Muscle
Identification Points
1. Short cylindrical fibers with
central oval nuclei.
2. Branching of fibers seen.
3. Intercalated discs seen.
Skeletal Muscle
1. Unbranched long cylindrical fibers.
2. Multiple peripherally placed flattened nuclei.
3. Dark and light cross striations seen.
Smooth muscle
Identification Points
1. Non-striated fibres
2.Spindle or fusiform-shaped cells
with central oval-elongated nucleus.
3. Sarcoplasm contains actin and myosin
filaments without an orderly arrangement.