Acetylcholine is a signaling molecule that elicits responses from heart muscle cells, salivary gland cells, and skeletal muscle cells. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) Heart muscle cells decrease their rate and force of contraction when they receive acetylcholine, whereas skeletal muscle cells contract.
(b) Heart muscle cells, salivary gland cells, and skeletal muscle cells all express an acetylcholine receptor that belongs to the transmitter-gated ion channel family.
(c) Active acetylcholine receptors on salivary gland cells and heart muscle cells activate different intracellular signaling pathways.
(d) Heart muscle cells, salivary gland cells, and skeletal muscle cells all respond to acetylcholine within minutes of receiving the signal.
Choice (b) is not true. Only skeletal muscle cells express an acetylcholine receptor that belongs to the transmitter-gated ion channel family; salivary gland cells and heart muscle cells express a different receptor. The other choices are all true.
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