The size of smooth muscle cells is different in different organs but varies little within the same tissue. Great changes in cross-sectional area are observed in distended and contracted smooth muscle cells and during contraction and relaxation in neighbouring layers. Two basic types of intercellular ...
connected by overlapping projections of the sarcolemma called intercalated discs. These discs contain desmosomes and gap junctions. In addition, cardiac muscle is autorhythmic, generating its own action potential, which spreads rapidly throughout muscle tissue by electrical synapses across the gap ...
Engineering smooth muscle tissue with a predefined structure[J]. J Biomed Mater Res, 1998, 41(3): 322-32.Kim B-S., Mooney D. J.: Engineering smooth muscle tissue with a predefined structure. Journal of Biomed- ical Materials Research, 41, 322-332 (1998). DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-...
The biological potency of the VIP analogues in the present study compared more closely with their potency for VIP receptor binding in smooth muscle tissue (arteries) vs. other tissues (pituitary, brain, liver).关键词: Animals Rats Muscle, Smooth Gastric Fundus Mesenteric Artery, Superior Vasoactive...
Smooth muscle tissues are often associated with sub-conscious control of various systems in the body. Smooth muscle tissue is associated with the stomach and intestines and the urinary system. Smooth muscle tissues control blood flow in major organs and are key in regulating blood pressure. ...
Learn about the major skeletal muscle functions. Deepen your knowledge of the structure of skeletal muscle, the characteristics of skeletal muscle,...
Where is skeletal muscle found? Skeletal muscles are muscles that are connected to and facilitate the movement of the skeleton. They are connected to the outer covering of bones, called the periosteum. This connection to the bone is through a type of connective tissue known astendons. ...
We used a smooth muscle (sm)-specific conditional mouse model to delete FlnA at the adult stage, thus avoiding the developmental effects of the knock-out. Inactivation of smFlnA in adult mice significantly lowered blood pressure, together with a decrease in pulse pressure. However, both the ...
CULTIVATION OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS ON CHITOSAN AND GELATIN FILMS壳聚糖和明胶材料对血管平滑肌细胞的作用 Chit os an, a positively charged polysaccharide, has shown to be a structural material o f promise for a number of tissue engineering applications. The rol... ZHANG Luhua,YANG Fei,GONG...
How are single-unit and multi-unit smooth muscle systems different? Answer of the following question. Explain how sarcomere enables muscle contraction according to the sliding - filament model. Smooth muscles: Where do we find this muscle tissue, how does it contract, and what are its defining...