You work in a lab and are given a slide with a stained specimen on it,but your colleague forgot to label the slide.You look at the specimen under the microscope and notice that the cells are branched,striated,and contain one or two nuclei.Based on these characteristics,what type of muscular tissue would you hypothesize the specimen is?

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The characteristic of branched and striated cells with one or two nuclei suggests that the specimen is cardiac muscle tissue. Smooth muscle tissue does not have striations or nuclei located in a centralized position. Skeletal muscle tissue would have multiple nuclei arranged to the periphery of the cell. Visceral muscle tissue is another term for smooth muscle tissue, which, as previously mentioned is not the case for this specimen.

You Work in a Lab and Are Given a Slide