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During contraction the SMC shortens while it exerts forces on neighboring cells. A mathematical model of myometrial SMC contraction has been developed to study this process of excitation and contraction. The model can be used to describe the intracellular Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup> concentration and stress produced by the cell in response to depolarization of the cell membrane. The model accounts for the operation of three Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup> control mechanisms: voltage-operated Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup> channels, Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup> pumps, and Na<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\/Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup> exchangers. The processes of myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation and stress production are accounted for using the cross-bridge model of Hai and Murphy ( Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 254: C99\u2013C106, 1988) and are coupled to the Ca<jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup> concentration through the rate constant of myosin phosphorylation. 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