Difference between Muscle and Nerve cell
Difference between Muscle cell and Nerve cell are in tabular form below –
No. |
Muscle cell |
Nerve cell |
1. | A cell which consists of repeated sarcomeres sections and contains sarcoplasm as cytoplasm of the muscle cell Or a cell of which can contract or shorten in animals, this is referred as Muscle cell. | A cell which sends messages to the brain from the body and again sends back to the body is referred as nerve cell. |
2. | ‘Myocytes’ is the other name for muscle cell. | ‘Neurons’ is the other name for nerve cell. |
3. | Group of all the muscle cell together forms muscle cell. | Group of all the nerve cell together forms nervous system. |
4. | Cytoplasm of the muscle cell is known as Sarcoplasm. | Cytoplasm of the nerve cell is known as Neuroplasm. |
5. | Muscle cell is mainly divided into three type i. e. Cardiac muscles, Smooth muscles and skeletal muscles. | Nerve cell is mainly divided into three type i. e. Motor neurons, sensory neurons, and mixed neurons. |
6. | Sarcolemma is a plasma membrane. | Neurilemma is a plasma membrane. |