Definition von smooth muscle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
Involuntary muscle which is found within the intestines, throat, uterus, and blood vessel walls
(Anatomi) 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
Usually the middle layer of an artery, which contains elastic and performs automatic tasks, such as tightening blood vessels
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)
muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
Sometimes called involuntary muscle A type of muscle found many places in the body, including the walls of the airways (It is called smooth muscle simply because of how it looks under a microscope, to distinguish it from striated muscle, which is what makes up the heart as well as voluntary (skeletal) muscle )
muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets 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)
smooth muscle fibres are long, spindle-shaped cells that contain a single nucleus and lack striations They are usually grouped together in flat sheets forming a muscular portion of a wall around a lumen They are fouind in hte walls of respiratory passages The contraction of smooth muscle is under autonomic (involuntary) control