Smooth muscle

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 Smooth muscle is one of the three main types of muscle tissue that exist in the human body [1] . Smooth muscle is under involuntary control [2]  and lines the walls of hollow organs such as the bladder [3] . Smooth muscle cells compose of actin and myosin held together in contracile bundles. Intermediate filaments exist between contractile bundles connecting them, and they are anchored by dense plaque-like bodies. [4]

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  4. . [Becker W.M, Kleinsmith L.J, Hardin J, Bertoni G.P, 2009, The World of the Cell, 7th edition, Pearson]