smooth muscle
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noun Anatomy.
involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
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1885–90
1885–90
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| smooth muscle | |
| —n | |
| Compare striped muscle muscle that is capable of slow rhythmic involuntary contractions: occurs in the walls of the blood vessels, alimentary canal, etc | |
| [so called because there is no cross-banding on the muscle] | |
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Smooth muscle
is always a great word to know.
So is cardiac muscle. Does it mean:
| nerve endings make connections with other cells |
| found only in the heart, branched striated cells electrically connected by intercalated disks, gap junctions connect cells together, can generate APs without a neural input called pacemaker cells |
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Medical Dictionary
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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Encyclopedia Britannica
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smooth muscle
muscle that shows no cross stripes under microscopic magnification. It consists of narrow spindle-shaped cells with a single, centrally located nucleus. Smooth muscle tissue, unlike striated muscle, contracts slowly and automatically. It constitutes much of the musculature of internal organs and the digestive system.
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Example sentences
It consists of three sets of smooth muscle fibers: longitudinal, circular and oblique.
The smooth muscle in our intestinal walls has but one mission in life: to propel dinner farther down the digestive pipe.
Bundles of smooth muscle fibers allow animals to puff up their fur for insulation or to intimidate others.
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