Which muscle tissue(s) can contract without the need for nervous stimulation?

A. Skeletal muscle only
B. Smooth muscle only
C. Cardiac muscle only
D. Smooth and cardiac muscle
E. Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle


D. Smooth and cardiac muscle

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