Sunday, March 9, 2008

Contractile cells

Generally there are always three contractile cell in the body,
1.Cardiac cell
2.Smooth muscle cell
3.Skeletal muscle cell
Its good to know that there actually more than those three!
few examples,
    << Myoepithelial cell
  • Fibroblast muscular cell
  • Masengial cell


Didnt expect these cells have their own contractile unit for themselves tho'... as actin do presence in the myoepithelium too, which helps them to expell out their exocrine secretion.Can be found in sweat gland, mammary gland etc. well, i usually tought only smooth muscle helps in the expulsion here....

Nice one!



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