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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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The proper distribution of blood to the various organs of the body is regulated by the vasomotor system acting upon the small arteries which contain considerable unstriated muscle.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

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

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

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

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