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smooth muscle is characterized by all of the following except
there are no sarcomeres
there are more thick filaments than thin filaments
it appears to lack troponin
there are noncontractile intermediate filaments that attach to dense bodies within the cell
Smooth muscle has no sarcomeres (unlike skeletal muscle), lacks troponin (uses calmodulin - based regulation), and has non - contractile intermediate filaments attached to dense bodies. However, smooth muscle has more thin filaments than thick filaments.
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there are more thick filaments than thin filaments