Flashcards in Lecture 4- Muscular Tissue Deck (34)
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How can you describe smooth muscle?
- few mitochondria
-no T tubules
- Actin & Myosin not organized in sarcomeres
- no striations
- cells are small and squished together
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What is the function of dense bodies in smooth muscles?
They function as Z-discs as the attachment for:
-alpha actinin
- intermediate filaments
- thin filaments
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What causes the corkscrew configuration in smooth muscle?
The configuration of smooth muscle during contraction.
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