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MUSCULAR SYSTEM Cardiac & Smooth Muscle. Cardiac & Smooth Muscle. Similarities : Elasticity Ca 2+ dependent contraction Actin/Myosin. Cardiac Muscle. Striated Muscle Involuntary. Smooth Muscle.
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Cardiac & Smooth Muscle • Similarities: • Elasticity • Ca2+ dependent contraction • Actin/Myosin
Cardiac Muscle • Striated Muscle • Involuntary
Smooth Muscle • Found lining ALL hollow internal organs except the heart and several other additional places!
Smooth Muscle • Much more ACTIN present than in Skeletal muscle. • Skeletal 2 thin filaments for every thick filament • Smooth 15 thin filaments for every thick filament !