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What is smooth muscle?

What is smooth muscle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) Involuntary muscle which is found within the intestines, throat, uterus, and blood vessel walls.
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Oesophagitis may lead to the production and release of inflammatory mediators, which could secondarily alter smooth muscle function.
This contraction arises from excitation of the circular layer of smooth muscle by autonomic nerves.
Branched smooth muscle fibers can be found in the nipple of the mammary glands.
External injury to the alveolar wall may be the counterpart of arteriolar smooth muscle injury.
A microvillous tegument was appreciated overlying a thin layer of smooth muscle and a single row of stromal cells.
A portion of the cystic mass showed benign bladder smooth muscle and serosa focally adhered to the outer cyst wall.

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