Q- Justify the statement that ‘cardiac muscular tissue is similar but still distinct from other muscular tissues.’
Answer- The Cardiac muscular tissue are similar to striated muscular tissue in being striated and also similar to smooth muscle fibres in being involuntary and uninucleate. But even of that all these muscle fibres are distinct as they have intercalated discs and oblique bridges and show rapid and rhythmic contraction.
Easy way to draw labelled diagram of Cardiac muscles: