Comparison of Skeletal Muscle to Other Muscle Types - SMOOTH MUSCLE---NONSTRIATED INVOLUNTARY - Types of smooth muscles (matching)

Question 1

Small bundles
of cells that contract
independently of each
othe

Answer 1

Multiunit

Question 2

Sheets of cells that
contract simultaneously,
as one unit

Answer 2

Visceral/Unitary:

Question 3

Found in ciliary muscle and iris of eye, erector pili

of skin, large air passageways

Answer 3

Multiunit

Question 4

Forms walls of many organs—digestive, urinary,

reproductive tracts

Answer 4

Visceral/Unitary

Question 5

Contractions initiated by nervous system

Answer 5

Multiunit

Question 6

Found lining large blood vessels

Answer 6

Visceral/Unitary

Question 7

Contractions initiated by pacemaker cells

autorhythmic contractions

Answer 7

Visceral/Unitary

Question 8

Peristalsis is part of this type of smooth muscle

Answer 8

Visceral/Unitary