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When describing a skeletal muscle, what does ''striated'' mean?

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1. Along the length of each myofibril there are a repeated series of dark and light bands.
2. The dark A-bands (Anisotropic bands) and the light I-bands (Isotropic bands ) are perfactly aligned with one another.
3. This type of arrangement gives the cell a striated appearance.
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