title: Tension transients in single isolated smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Tension transients were recorded in a single smooth muscle cell. The transient contains a linear elastic response and a biphasic recovery that appear to originate from the cross-bridges. A comparison of transients in smooth and fast skeletal muscle fibers suggests that the cross-bridge in smooth muscle is more compliant than the cross-bridge in striated muscle and that transitions between several cross-bridge states occur more slowly in smooth muscle than in striated muscle.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical