smooth muscle

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smooth muscle (enc)

Noun	1.	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 muscle, musculus - one of the contractile organs of the body myometrium - the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus musculus sphincter ani internus - an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum
	2.	smooth muscle - muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets muscular tissue, muscle - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells smooth muscle cell - cells of the smooth muscles

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