Smooth Muscle Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- calmodulin : a calcium binding protein that assists in enabling contraction
- smooth : this type of muscle is non-striated and under involuntary control
- nucleus : located in the centre of the smooth muscle cell
- myosin : found in the thick filaments
- spindle : a smooth muscle cell is shaped like this
- troponin : this regulatory protein is not found in smooth muscle
- dense : thin filaments are anchored into these types of bodies
- intermediate : this type of filament only found in smooth muscle
- lattice : describes the arrangment of the contractile filaments
- phosphorylation : this happens to turn contraction on
- phasic : this type of smooth muscle is normally relaxed
- tonic : this type of smooth muscle is normally contracted.
- sphincter : an example of a tonic smooth muscle
- calcium : the majority of this comes from the ecf to facilitate contraction
- multi unit : this type of smooth muscle can only be stimulated to contract via neuronal input
- single unit : this type of smooth muscle is self excitable
- gap : these types of junctions are found in single unit smooth muscle
- myogenic : electrical activity generated by muscle cells
- syncytium : when functioning electrically and mechanically as a unit it is referred to as a functional _
