Topic: Locomotion: movement types, muscle contraction· Human Physiology

Which of the following statements wrongly represents the nature of smooth muscle ?

1. These muscle have no striations

2. They are involuntary muscles

3. Communication among the cells is performed by intercalated discs

4. These muscles are present in the wall of blood vessels

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Answer: 3. Communication among the cells is performed by intercalated discs

Smooth muscles are unstriated, involuntary and found in walls of blood vessels and hollow organs. Intercalated discs are characteristic of cardiac muscle, not smooth muscle. So statement 3 is the wrong one.

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Which of the following statements wrongly represents the nature of smooth muscle ?

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