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Moves Smooth Muscle Cell Structure Nonstriated Fusiform Short

Front Smooth muscle
Back Cell structure: nonstriated, fusiform, short, mononucleated, electrically coupled

Function: constricts lumen of vessels, moves contents through ducts and organs via peristalsis, moves skin hairs

Type of contraction: slow, sustained, spreading (possibly in waves)

Control: involuntary

Innervation: ANS (pre-neurons in CNS and post-neurons in autonomic ganglia of PNS)

Tags: muscles, and, bones

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