| NOUN | body | smooth muscle, involuntary 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) |
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| body | smooth muscle | muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonym | involuntary muscle | |
| Narrower | musculus sphincter ani internus | An internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum |
| myometrium | The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus | |
| Broader | muscle, musculus | One of the contractile organs of the body |
| Spanish | músculo involuntario | |
| Meaning | muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets. | |
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| Parts | smooth muscle cell | cells of the smooth muscles |
| Broader | muscle, muscular tissue | animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
| Spanish | músculo liso | |
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