Special Features of Smooth Muscle COntraction

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What happens when smooth muscle is stretched

It spontaneously contracts

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What is the stress-relaxation response

Responds to stretch only briefly, then adapts to new length; Retains ability to contract on demand;

Enables organs such as the stomach and bladder to temporarily store contents

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What allows for smooth muscle to generate so much force even while stretch

The interwoven, irregular, overlapping arrangement of smooth muscles filaments and the lack of sarcomeres

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