what is the difference between a striated and nonstriated muscle?
 Muscles that contain striated muscle fibers are called striated muscle while muscles that contain non-striated muscle fibers are called non-striated muscles. In striated muscles, the contractile fibrils are aligned parallel, and their regions form stripes that are easily visible under a microscope, whereas non-striated muscles do not have stripes on them, they give a poor appearance under the microscope. Striated muscles are muscle which are formed by parallel fibers which are formed together to make muscle, where as non striated muscles are made up of one. Striated Muscle is the muscle which shows cross striations are called striated muscles or striped muscles while  non striated muscle the muscle which show no cross striations are called non striated muscles or unstriped muscles. 