Which of the Following Properties of Smooth Muscle Helps Us

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following properties of smooth muscle helps us to understand why,as pregnancy advances,women get more and more Braxton-Hicks (smooth muscle) contractions in the uterine wall?

• A)Smooth muscle cells contract in response to stretch.
• B)Smooth muscle cells contract in response to NO.
• C)Smooth muscle cells contract in response to CO₂.
• D)Smooth muscle cells contract in response to changes in pH.

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