Chapter 9 - Smooth Muscle & Cardiac Muscle

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smooth muscle

muscle that is not striated, fibers are smaller than those in skeletal muscle; spindle shaped, single, central nucleus; more actin than myosin

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caveolae

indentations in sarcolemma; may act like T tubules

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relaxation

thing in smooth muscles caused by enzyme myosin phosphatase

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latch state

period of sustained tension in smooth muscle contraction

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visceral

smooth muscle where cells are in sheets; function as a unit

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multiunit

smooth muscle where cells or groups of cells act as independent units

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cardiac muscle

muscle found only in the heart; striated and branched