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  1. Smooth Muscle Function & Anatomy - Cleveland Clinic

    Jan 30, 2025 · Smooth muscle is a type of muscle tissue that works automatically. This tissue is part of your body’s most important functions, ranging from blood pressure and circulation to …

  2. Smooth Muscle - Definition, Function and Location | Biology

    Oct 4, 2019 · Smooth muscle is a type of muscle tissue which is used by various systems to apply pressure to vessels and organs. Smooth muscle is composed of sheets or strands of smooth …

  3. Anatomy, Smooth Muscle - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    Jul 17, 2023 · Unlike skeletal muscle, smooth muscle is capable of maintaining tone for extended periods and often contracts involuntarily. At a cellular level, smooth muscle can be described …

  4. Smooth muscle - Wikipedia

    Smooth muscle is one of the three major types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the others being skeletal and cardiac muscle. It can also be found in invertebrates and is controlled by the …

  5. Smooth muscle: Structure, function, location | Kenhub

    Oct 30, 2023 · Smooth muscle is a type of tissue found in the walls of hollow organs, such as the intestines, uterus and stomach. You can also find smooth muscle in the walls of passageways, …

  6. 10.7 Smooth Muscle Tissue – Anatomy & Physiology 2e

    Smooth muscle, so-named because the cells do not have visible striations, is present in the walls of hollow organs (e.g., urinary bladder), lining the blood vessels, and in the eye (e.g., iris) and …

  7. 9.8 Smooth Muscle – Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology

    Smooth muscle fibres are spindle-shaped (wide in the middle and tapered at both ends, somewhat like a football) and have a single nucleus; they range from about 30 to 200 μ m …

  8. Smooth Muscle Tissue - Structure - Function - TeachMePhysiology

    Apr 9, 2024 · Smooth muscle is one of three types of muscle tissue, alongside cardiac and skeletal muscle. It is a non-striated muscle tissue, lacking the characteristic markings seen in …

  9. Smooth muscle | anatomy | Britannica

    Smooth muscle, muscle that shows no cross stripes under microscopic magnification. It consists of narrow spindle-shaped cells with a single, centrally located nucleus.

  10. Muscle: Smooth - Physiopedia

    Smooth muscle is an integral part of the human body; its function is required for life and is present in almost every organ system. Smooth muscle differs from skeletal muscle in a variety of …