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Why are skeletal muscles described as striated?

Correct answer A. Alternating dark and light bands appear on their surface when viewed through a microscope

Explanation

Under a microscope, skeletal muscle fibres show alternating dark A bands and light I bands, produced by the regular overlapping arrangement of thick myosin and thin actin filaments.

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