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Encyclopedia > Vascular smooth muscle

Vascular smooth muscle refers to the particular type of smooth muscle found within, and composing the majority of the wall of blood vessels. Smooth muscle is a type of non-striated muscle, found within the walls of hollow organs; such as blood vessels, bladders, uteri. ... The arterial system The blood vessels are part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body. ...


Arteries have a great deal more smooth muscle within their walls than veins, thus their greater wall thickness. This is because they have to pump blood away from the heart to all the organs and tissues that need the oxgenated blood. The endothelial lining of each is similar. The type of contraction that the vascuar smooth muscle undergoes is TONIC, i.e the diameter of the tubes is regulated by developing tension for contractions to move blood around the body. Section of an artery An arterial road is a class of highway. ... Smooth muscle is a type of non-striated muscle, found within the walls of hollow organs; such as blood vessels, bladders, uteri. ... In geology, a vein is a finite volume within a rock, having a distinct shape, filled with mono or poly mineralic crystal aggregates, which were precipitated from an (aqueous) fluid or melt. ... The endothelium is the layer of thin, flat cells that lines the interior surface of blood vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall. ...


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Smooth muscle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1925 words)
Smooth muscle is a type of non-striated muscle, found within the "walls" of hollow organs and elsewhere like the bladderand abdominal cavity, the uterus, male and female reproductive tracts, the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory tract, the vasculature, the skin and the ciliary muscle and iris of the eye.
Smooth muscle functions in the reproductive tract, the digestive tract, the respiratory tract, the urinary tract, the skin,the eye, and the vasculature.
Vascular smooth muscle (walls of arteries and veins) and visceral smooth muscle (wall of gastrointestinal tract, urogenital tract, iris) is another distinction in common use to discriminate the kind of smooth muscle.
smooth-muscle.html (13036 words)
Smooth muscle *is the sort found in the intestines, blood vessels, base of the hairs, turkey gizzards, penises, bladders, uteri and other organs whose physiological functions we and our animals cousins generally cannot bring under the direct control of the will -- visceral or autonomic activities.
AB: Regular arrangement of smooth muscle cells underneath an endothelial cell layer was observed in the neointima of a fabric vascular prosthesis treated with new technology to accelerate endothelialization, i.e., transplantation of autologous venous tissue fragments in the graft wall.
A circumferential arrangement of smooth muscle cells with a thin layer of longitudinally arranged cells underneath was seen in the neointimae, which resemble the arrangement of smooth muscle cells in the natural arterial wall.
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