“Striations” are
A) Stripes that run across the muscle fiber at right angles to its long axis
B) The long appearance of nuclei in muscle fibers
C) Longitudinal stripes running parallel to the long axis of a muscle fiber
D) Stripes running parallel to the m yofibrils
E) Stripes caused by the orientation of mitochondria in muscle fibers

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Striations are the stripes that run across the muscle fiber at right angles to its long axis, typically seen in skeletal and cardiac muscle due to the arrangement of actin and myosin filaments.

“Striations” Are