smooth muscle
involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
Origin of smooth muscle
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Both cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary, meaning we can’t tell them to tense or relax.
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about muscles | Claire Maldarelli and Sara Chodosh | October 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBesides these places where smooth muscle is found there are some in the eye.
Physiology | Ernest G. Martinsmooth muscle has the duty of operating the internal organs.
Physiology | Ernest G. Martinsmooth muscle does not have to be so highly developed, then, as is skeletal.
Physiology | Ernest G. MartinThe orbital capsule of the eye (smooth muscle) propels the eye-ball forward.
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They are known to occur also in smooth muscle-fibre, in cartilage cells, in connective-tissue cells, and in some nerve-cells.
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British Dictionary definitions for smooth muscle
muscle that is capable of slow rhythmic involuntary contractions: occurs in the walls of the blood vessels, alimentary canal, etc: Compare striped muscle
Origin of smooth muscle
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