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单词 smooth muscle
释义

smooth muscle

noun

: muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and is found especially in vertebrate hollow organs and structures (such as the digestive tract and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to direct voluntary control and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods compare striated muscle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web And that says, what are the RNAs that are up or down in the cardiomyocytes as compared to the smooth muscle cells, as compared to the fibroblasts, all of which are in the cells? Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 As a result, the levels of cGMP/cAMP increase in the smooth muscle cells that line the walls of your blood vessels, which in turn cause the smooth muscles to relax and the blood vessels to dilate and expand. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022 The intestines appeared to slow the movement of food, directing it down through the gut via gravity and contractions of the smooth muscle of the gut. Grace Huckins, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021 The intestines appeared to slow the movement of food, directing it down through the gut via gravity and contractions of the smooth muscle of the gut. Grace Huckins, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021 The intestines appeared to slow the movement of food, directing it down through the gut via gravity and contractions of the smooth muscle of the gut. Grace Huckins, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021 The intestines appeared to slow the movement of food, directing it down through the gut via gravity and contractions of the smooth muscle of the gut. Grace Huckins, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021 The intestines appeared to slow the movement of food, directing it down through the gut via gravity and contractions of the smooth muscle of the gut. Grace Huckins, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021 The intestines appeared to slow the movement of food, directing it down through the gut via gravity and contractions of the smooth muscle of the gut. Grace Huckins, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

smooth muscle

noun

: muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, that is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and that is found especially in vertebrate hollow organs and structures (as the small intestine and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to direct voluntary control and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods

called also nonstriated muscle, unstriated muscle

compare cardiac muscle, striated muscle
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