Differentiate between striated, unstriated and cardiac muscles on the basis of their structure and site/location in the body.

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Differences between striated, unstriated and cardiac muscles are as follows:

Striated Muscle	Unstriated Muscle	Cardiac Muscle
These are voluntary muscles.	These are involuntary muscles.	These are involuntary in action.
Striated muscles are present in our limbs and join the bones.	They are found in alimentary iris of the eye, uterus and bronchi of the lungs.	They are found in the wall of heart.
The cells are long, cylindrical, unbranched and multinucleate.	The cells are long with pointed ends (spindle-shaped) and uninucleate.	The cells are cylindrical, branched and uninucleate.