smooth muscle

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1. muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets (noun.body)

hypernym	:	muscle, muscular tissue,
definition	:	animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells (noun.body)

part holonym	:	smooth muscle cell,
definition	:	cells of the smooth muscles (noun.body)

2. 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) (noun.body)

hypernym	:	muscle, musculus,
definition	:	one of the contractile organs of the body (noun.body)

hyponym	:	myometrium,
definition	:	the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus (noun.body)

hyponym	:	musculus sphincter ani internus,
definition	:	an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum (noun.body)

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