Striated muscle tissue

Striated muscle tissue
Micrograph of HPS stained skeletal striated muscle (fibularis longus).
Details
SystemMusculoskeletal system
Identifiers
Latintextus muscularis striatus
MeSHD054792
THH2.00.05.2.00001
FMA67905
Anatomical terminology

Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres. The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle fibers, which is responsible for the striated appearance observed in microscopic images of this tissue. There are two types of striated muscle: