Tissue
smooth muscle
smooth mus·cle
Subclass of:
Muscle Tissue
Definitions related to smooth muscle (tissue):
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(smooth muscle tissue) Primarily involuntary, non-striated muscle tissue of the internal organs and blood vessels.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(smooth muscle) Nonstriated involuntary muscle; one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc; contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(muscle, smooth) Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei. Smooth muscle fibers are bound together into sheets or bundles by reticular fibers and frequently elastic nets are also abundant. (From Stedman, 25th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(smooth muscle tissue) Involuntary muscle tissue of the internal organs. It is composed of elongated muscle cells or fibers that are not arranged in a striated pattern and form layers of muscle tissue. The smooth muscle cells contain a contractile apparatus composed of thin and thick filaments and a cytoskeleton composed of intermediate filaments.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(smooth muscle tissue) Tissue which consists of smooth muscle fibers surrounded by a reticulum of collagen and elastic fibers. Examples: Arrector muscle of hair, Muscularis mucosae.Foundational Model of AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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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...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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