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Differentiate between Single-unit and multi-unit smooth muscles

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Single-unit muscles are composed of muscle fibres closely joined together by gap junctions, all fibres in a muscle contract together as a single unit. Whereas, in multi-unit muscles, fibres remain separated from each other by a basement membrane, the individual fibres of these muscles thus contract as separate units.
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