smooth muscle

Definition of Smooth Muscle in English :

Noun

1. involuntary muscle, smooth muscle

a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)

involuntary muscle

2. smooth muscle

muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Smooth Muscle

see synonyms of smooth muscle

noun

muscle that is capable of slow rhythmic involuntary contractions: occurs in the walls of the blood vessels, alimentary canal, etc

Compare striped muscle

Smooth Muscle

see synonyms of smooth muscle

a contractile type of muscle tissue controlled by the involuntary nervous system, occurring in the walls of the uterus, stomach, intestines, blood vessels, etc., and characterized by nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells

Smooth Muscle

see synonyms of smooth muscle

n.

Muscle tissue that contracts without conscious control, having the form of thin layers or sheets made up of spindle-shaped, unstriated cells with single nuclei and found in the walls of the internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine, bladder, and blood vessels, excluding the heart.

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