Lesson: Chapter 1 — Living Tissues

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Question 1

Which statement about a skeletal muscle fibre is correct?

A It bears striations B It never tires C It is uninucleate D It takes a spindle shape

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It bears striations. Skeletal muscle fibres are long, cylindrical, unbranched, multinucleate and cross-striated.

This is question 1(iv) of the chapter exercise. Spindle-shaped and uninucleate describe smooth muscle; never tiring describes cardiac muscle.

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