Single-Unit Smooth Muscle

question 67

Multiple Choice

Single-unit smooth muscle

• A) contains an abundance of gap junctions and forms functional syncytia
• B) is self-excitable
• C) is found in the walls of the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts and small blood vessels
• D) all of these
• E) contains an abundance of gap junctions and forms functional syncytia and is self-excitable

Understand the functional anatomy of the taste system, including taste bud cell types and their neural connections.

Identify the gustation process, including the transduction mechanisms of different tastants.

Recognize the anatomical and physiological aspects of the human eye, including structures involved in vision and common eye conditions.

Describe the sequence of events in taste perception from the chemical dissolution to neural processing.

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