(Anatomy) muscle that is capable of slow rhythmic involuntary contractions: occurs in the walls of the blood vessels, alimentary canal, etc. Comparestriped muscle [so called because there is no cross-banding on the muscle] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 ...
Anatomy & EmbryologyKohler A, Jostarndt-Fogen A, Rottener K, Alliegro MC, Draeger A. Intima-like smooth muscle cells: developmental link between endotheli- um and media? Anat Embryol. 1999;200:313-323.Kohler A , Jostarnd-Fogen K , Rottner K , Alliegro M , Draeger A . 1999 . ...
(Anatomy) muscle that is capable of slow rhythmic involuntary contractions: occurs in the walls of the blood vessels, alimentary canal, etc. Comparestriped muscle [so called because there is no cross-banding on the muscle] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 ...
Smooth MuscleAlso found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Wikipedia. Related to Smooth Muscle: smooth muscle antibodysmooth muscle[′smüth′məs·əl] (anatomy) The involuntary muscle tissue found in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of smooth muscle fibers. ...
Anatomy, Physiology, Histology, and Immunohistochemistry of Human Skin JustineFenner,Richard A.F.Clark, inSkin Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2016 Muscles Smooth muscleis distributed in the skin in special areas of the body, including theareolasof the nipple, the tunica dartos of the...
Surgical Anatomy ▪ Arterial smooth muscle has one function: vasoconstriction. There are sympathetic fibers that pass from the digital nerves to the digital arteries (Fig. 1). Removing these nerve connections as well as stripping the adventitial layer around the digital arteries can decrease sympathe...
The three-dimensional cytoarchitecture and ultrastructure of the smooth muscle cells in the wall of the rat thoracic duct were investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The muscle layer basically consists of a single layer of circularly arranged cells. The smooth muscle cell is fu...
Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke City, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan Nobuhiko Ohno Division of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, 38 Saigonaka, Meidaiji-cho, Okazaki City, Aichi, 444...
The cardiovascular system, or the heart andblood vessels, deliversoxygenand nutrients to all body tissues, and is crucial for survival. Smooth muscles play a significant role in the normalanatomyand physiology of blood vessels. A vascularsmooth muscle(VSM) is a type of smooth muscle found in th...
Confocal z-sectioning shows that epithelial and smooth muscle cells tend to separate into two distinct layers on a single nanofiber system mimicking the in vivo anatomy. Cell viability assay showed that both types of cells are viable and also interact with each other. The functional gene ...