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Description: Diagram showing Actin-Myosin filaments in Smooth muscle. The actin fibers attach to the cell wall and to dense bodies in the cytoplasm. When activated they slide over the myosin bundles causing shortening of the cell walls
Title: Actin myosin filaments
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