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Dr. Abraham-Hebert: A contraction is the uterus muscles tensing at the same time. The uterine muscles are smooth muscles. They’re involuntary muscles, which means that we don’t have control of them. The parasympathetic system or the involuntary system of the body actually causes the uterus to contract.
