Question

multiple choice question
muscle tissue that has a well - developed sarcoplasmic reticulum, many mitochondria, and branching cells with one nucleus is classified as ______ muscle.
cardiac
skeletal
smooth

Explanation:

Cardiac muscle has branching cells with one nucleus, a well - developed sarcoplasmic reticulum, and many mitochondria. Skeletal muscle cells are long, cylindrical, multinucleated, and not branching. Smooth muscle cells are spindle - shaped, uninucleated, but do not have a well - developed sarcoplasmic reticulum like cardiac muscle and are not branching in the same characteristic way as cardiac muscle.

Answer:

cardiac