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Which type of smooth muscle has many low-resistance gap junctional connections between individual muscle cells?
Which type of smooth muscle has many low-resistance gap junctional connections between individual muscle cells?
- Single unit smooth muscle (correct)
- Visceral smooth muscle
- Hollow viscera smooth muscle
- Multiunit smooth muscle
Where is single unit smooth muscle primarily found?
Where is single unit smooth muscle primarily found?
- In the walls of the blood vessels
- In the skeletal muscles
- In the walls of the heart
- In the walls of hollow viscera such as the musculature of the intestine (correct)
What is the main characteristic of multiunit smooth muscle?
What is the main characteristic of multiunit smooth muscle?
- It is under voluntary control
- It has many low-resistance gap junctional connections between individual muscle cells
- It is made up of individual units with few (or no) gap junctional bridges (correct)
- It is found in the walls of hollow viscera
