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Smooth muscle
Smooth muscle is a type of non-striated muscle, found within the "walls" of hollow organs and elsewhere like the bladder and abdominal cavity, the uterus, male and female reproductive tracts, the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory tract, the vasculature, the skin and the ciliary muscle and iris of the eye. The glomeruli of the kidneys contain a smooth muscle like cell called the mesangial cell. Smooth muscle is fundamentally different from skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle in terms of structure and function.
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Smooth muscle
Smooth muscle n. Muscle tissue that contracts without voluntary control, having fine myofibrils but lacking transverse striations and found in the [more]Smooth muscle - Community and Resources


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smooth muscle
Noun
1. a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
(synonym) involuntary muscle
(hypernym) muscle, musculus
(hyponym) myometrium
2. muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
(hypernym) muscle, muscular tissue
(part-meronym) smooth muscle cell


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Smooth muscle
One of the three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac). Generally forms the supporting tissue of blood vessels and hollow internal organs such as the stomach, intestine, and bladder. So named because of the absence of microscopic lines called "cross-striations" which are seen in the other two types.

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smooth muscle
B: (Biologi) otot licin; otot polos
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