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smooth muscle
–noun Anatomy.
| involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells. |
[Origin: 1885–90
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| smooth muscle
n. Muscle tissue that contracts without conscious control, having the form of thin layers or sheets made up of spindle-shaped, unstriated cells with single nuclei and found in the walls of the internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine, bladder, and blood vessels, excluding the heart. |
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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) |
| 2. | muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
smooth muscle n.
Muscle tissue that contracts without voluntary control, having fine myofibrils but lacking transverse striations and found in the walls of internal organs, blood vessels, and hair follicles.
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