Unlike skeletal muscle, smooth muscle may spontaneously contract when it is stretched. What feature of smooth muscle allows it to stretch without immediately resulting in a strong contraction?

low energy requirements

slow, prolonged contractile activity

smooth muscle tone

stress-relaxation response

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Biology

Rylan Holmes

20 October, 21:03

Unlike skeletal muscle, smooth muscle may spontaneously contract when it is stretched. What feature of smooth muscle allows it to stretch without immediately resulting in a strong contraction?

low energy requirements

slow, prolonged contractile activity

smooth muscle tone

stress-relaxation response

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Sharon Mullen · Answer 1

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.

Unlike skeletal muscle, smooth muscle may spontaneously contract when it is stretched. What feature of smooth muscle allows it to stretch without immediately resulting in a strong contraction?low energy requirementsslow, prolonged contractile activitysmooth muscle tonestress-relaxation response