SMOOTH MUSCLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does smooth muscle mean?
• SMOOTH MUSCLE (noun)
The noun SMOOTH MUSCLE has 2 senses:
1. 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)
2. muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
Familiarity information: SMOOTH MUSCLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SMOOTH MUSCLE (noun)
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
involuntary muscle; smooth muscle
Hypernyms ("smooth muscle" is a kind of...):
muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smooth muscle"):
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)
Meaning:
Muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("smooth muscle" is a kind of...):
muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)
Meronyms (parts of "smooth muscle"):
smooth muscle cell (cells of the smooth muscles)
