Military forces have worn distinctive uniform items for centuries to create a psychological advantage and boost their esprit de corps, but the military use of berets is a relatively recent phenomenon. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Blue Bonnet became a de facto symbol of Scottish Jacobite forces.
Muscle cells have adapted to their job by contracting and relaxing.  When calcium levels are increased the muscle cells contract. On the  other hand, when calcium levels droâ¦p the muscle cells get relaxed.
During contraction, the smooth-muscle cell's intermediate filaments help to draw the cell up, like closing a drawstring purse. Calcium ions regulate contraction in smooth muscle, but they do it in a slightly different way than in skeletal muscle: 1  Calcium ions come from outside of the cell.2  Calcium ions bind to an enzyme complex on myosin, called calmodulin-myosin light chain kinase.therwise, the chain of events that occurs in cardiac-muscle contraction is similar to that of skeletal muscle. Compared to skeletal muscle, smooth-muscle cells are small. They are spindle-shaped, about 50 to 200 microns long and only 2 to 10 microns in diameter.