Many visceral smooth muscle cells lack motor neuron innervation. How are their contractions coordinated and controlled?
Gap junctions interconnect visceral smooth muscle fibers. An action potential that begins in one will spread to its surrounding neighbors. The action potential can be triggered by stretching, hormones, chemical changes, or stimulation at a myoneural junction on a distant smooth muscle cell.
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