Question

Differentiate between three types of muscle disorders.

Answer 1

Ans

There are three types of muscular disorders : -

1) Skeletal muscle disorder

2) Cardiac muscle disorder

3) Smooth muscle disorder

Skeletal muscle has striated, tubular, multinucleated fibres and is usually attached to skeleton. These are voluntary muscle.

Cardiac muscle has striated, branched, uninucleated fibres and occurs in walls of heart. These are involuntary muscles.

Smooth muscle has spindle shaped, non striated, uninucleated fibres and occurs in walls on internal organs. These are involuntary muscles.