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unstriated

British  
/ ʌnˈstraɪˌeɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. (of muscle) composed of elongated cells that do not have striations; smooth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It would seem that unstriated muscle contracts slowly, and we find it especially among the viscera; in the intestine for instance, where it controls that "peristaltic" movement which pushes the food forward.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

We may class muscles as striated or voluntary and unstriated or involuntary.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

On the plain of Iñaquito and in the valley of Esmeraldas are vast erratic blocks of trachyte, some containing twenty-five cubic yards, having sharp angles, and in some cases a polished, unstriated surface.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton

The muscles are simple and unstriated and for the most part run longitudinally.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Sheet 7 represents the simpler kind of muscular tissue, unstriated muscle, in which the cell character is still fairly obvious.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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