Smooth Muscles Are Primarily Used to ________

question 72

Multiple Choice

Smooth muscles are primarily used to ________.

• A) generate heat
• B) pump blood through the circulation
• C) push fluid and solids along the digestive tract
• D) provide voluntary movements to the body
• E) pull on bones of the skeleton

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Definitions:

Spillover Cost

A cost incurred by someone who did not choose to incur that cost.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the market where resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the net benefit to society.

Productive Efficiency

Productive efficiency occurs when an economy is operating at its maximum capacity, producing goods and services at the lowest possible cost per unit.

Marginal-Cost-Marginal-Benefit Rule

The marginal-cost-marginal-benefit rule states that optimal decision-making occurs when the marginal cost of an action equals its marginal benefit, ensuring efficient resource allocation.