smooth muscle (redirected from Smooth muscle tissue)

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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smooth muscle

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) muscle that is capable of slow rhythmic involuntary contractions: occurs in the walls of the blood vessels, alimentary canal, etc. Compare striped muscle

[so called because there is no cross-banding on the muscle]

Thesaurus

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