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sergij07 [2.7K]
3 years ago
12

Unlike skeletal muscle, smooth muscle may spontaneously contract when it is stretched. What feature of smooth muscle allows it t

o stretch without immediately resulting in a strong contraction?
low energy requirements
slow, prolonged contractile activity
smooth muscle tone
stress-relaxation response
Biology
1 answer:
polet [3.4K]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The correct answer is "stress relaxation response."

Explanation:

Smooth muscle cells relaxes after being stretched which is called "stress relaxation response". If we explain it a bit further, smooth muscle cells lack gap junctions and because that contraction of a single cell doesn't spread to adjacent cell resulting with no strong contraction.

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