Which tissue type is striated and under voluntary control?

• A. Involuntary Muscle
• B. Cardiac Muscle
• C. Smooth or Non-Striated Muscle
• D. Voluntary Muscle

Answer: (D)

Striated and under voluntary control describes skeletal muscle. The striped appearance comes from the highly organized arrangement of actin and myosin within sarcomeres, which gives visible striations. Skeletal muscles attach to bones via tendons and are consciously controlled by the somatic nerves, allowing deliberate movements like bending an arm or stepping forward. In contrast, cardiac muscle is also striated but controlled automatically to keep the heartbeat, and smooth muscle is non-striated and contracts involuntarily to move substances through organs. So the tissue that fits both criteria—striated and voluntarily controlled—is skeletal (voluntary) muscle.