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Q. Striped muscles are:

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Striped (striated or skeletal or voluntary) muscles are syncytial. Nuclei are spindle shaped, peripheral in position and lie near the sarcolemma. They are multi nucleate because each fibre is formed by the fusion of a number of embryonic stem cells (myoblasts), hence, regarded multicellular syncytial body.