GENERAL HISTOLOGY

MUSCLE

SMOOTH MUSCLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
No Z disks
A
Cardiac
B
Smooth
C
Skeletal
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Smooth muscle cells do not contain the sarcomeres found in skeletal and cardiac muscle and therefore appear unstriated under a light microscope. Smooth muscle cells are unstriated because there is no regular arrangement of actin and myosin filaments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Smooth muscle does not contain the protein troponin; instead calmodulin (which takes on the regulatory role in smooth muscle), caldesmon and calponin are significant proteins expressed within smooth muscle.

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