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Comparison of muscle types

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This is a Venn diagram which summarizes the differences and similarities between cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle types.
Authored By Jenna Sharpe on Saturday 15th December 2012

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Anonymous A
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Medical Student - King's College London
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Posted over 5 years ago
according to this diagram...aren't Gap Junctions common between smooth and cardiac muscle?
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Khalid Khan
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Medical Student - University of Nottingham
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Posted about 5 years ago
Gap junctions are abundantly present in smooth muscle too. (Ref: Chapter 8, Page 91, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, Twelfth Edition). In fact, they appear to be present in many other cell types too, with the key exception being in ske
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