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Characteristics of smooth muscle fibres are

A

spindle-shaped, unbranched, unstriated, uninucleate and involuntary

B

spindle shaped, unbranched, unstriped, multinucleate and involuntary

C

cylindrical, unbranched, unstriped, multinucleate involuntary

D

cylindrical, unbranched, striated, multinucleate and voluntary

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