arteriole smooth muscle contraction

id: GO:0014830
name: arteriole smooth muscle contraction
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process in which force is generated within smooth muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. This process occurs in the arteriole. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity, which generates force through ATP hydrolysis. The arteriole is the smallest division of the artery located between the muscular arteries and the capillaries.

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