Question

Which type of muscle is paralyzed when its nerve supply is absent?

A. Striated involuntary muscle
B. Nonstriated involuntary muscle
C. Striated voluntary muscle
D. Nonstriated voluntary muscle

Answer 1

C. Striated voluntary muscle

Step-by-step explanation:

• Striated voluntary muscles are the skeletal muscles that are responsible for the voluntary muscular movements that take place in the body.
• When the body becomes paralyzed than a person loose his/her ability to utilize this motor muscles as it lacks nerve supply due to some injury.
• Therefore the muscle that is affected is the striated voluntary muscles.

Answer 2

The type of muscle that is paralyzed when its nerve supply is absent is the Striated involuntary muscle. The answer is letter A. Without this muscle, the nerve supply is stopped and become paralyze. Contraction of this muscle requires nerves and without the nerve supply, the muscles will not contract and the cells will die. Muscles that goes like this tends to lose it tone and becomes flaccid and the whole muscle becomes small.