SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CARDIAC AND SKELETAL MUSCLES -
- Both cardiac and skeletal muscles are made up of elongated fibres which have numerous myofibrils.
- The myofibrils of cardiac muscle have the same structure as those skeletal muscle and are made up of actin and myosin filaments.
- The cardiac and skeletal muscle fibres have dark and light bands.
- The connective tissue framework and the capillary network around cardiac muscle fibres are similar to those in skeletal muscle.
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CARDIAC AND SMOOTH MUSCLES -
- Both cardiac and smooth muscles are uninucleate containing nucleus at the centre and are involuntary in function.