Question

Why are muscle cells multinucleated?

Answer 1

There are cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle cells of which only skeletal muscle cells are multinucleated . Such cells are syncytial.

Explanation:

Skeletal muscle cells arise in embryo as uninucleated entities. Later the cells fuse to give rise to multinucleated muscle fibre.

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