Given below are two statements.
Statement I: Muscle fibres of both skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle have striated appearance under the microscope.
Statement II: Both skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle possess gap junctions that allow the cells to contract as a unit.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below.

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Statement I is correct, but statement II is incorrect

Both Statement I and statement II are incorrect

Both Statement I and statement II are correct

Statement I is incorrect, but statement II is correct

answer is D.

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Muscle fibres of both skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle are striated. They have a striated appearance under the microscope. Gap junctions of cardiac muscle allow the cells (muscle fibres) to contract as a unit. Gap junctions are also present in single-unit (visceral) smooth muscles.

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