THE activity of the smooth muscle in guinea-pig ileum has been investigated many times. The tissue preparation most often used for such investigations has been the isolated ileum. In a number of cases ...

I REPORTED in refs. 1 and 2 that trans-membrane potentials of smooth muscle fibre of the small bloodvessels, distributed in frog tongue and web, had been studied with the aid of an intracellular micro ...

In electron microscopic studies, protoplasmic anastomoses were found to occur between smooth muscle cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats. The protoplasmic connections are apparently ...

The heart pumps blood through the vascular system, supplying cells with oxygen and energy Smooth muscle cells in the vessels finely regulate the blood flow. If they cannot perform their task, ...