Smooth muscle
Smooth muscle (also known as visceral muscle due to the locations in which they are present[1]) is one of the three main types of muscle tissue that exist in the human body [2] . Smooth muscle is under involuntary control [3] and lines the walls of hollow organs such as the bladder [4] . Smooth muscle cells compose of actin andmyosin held together in contracile bundles.Intermediate filaments exist between contractile bundles connecting them, and they are anchored by dense plaque-like bodies. [5]
- ↑ Rodney R., (2002) Human Physiology, 6th Edition, Pacific Grove, California; London: Brooks/Cole
- ↑ Barrett K. E., Barman S. M., Botiano S., Brooks H. L. (2010) Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 23rd edition, New York: McGraw Hill
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- ↑ Silverthorn D. U., Johnson B. R., Ober W. C., Garrison C. W., Silverthorn A. C. (2010) Human Physiology, 5th edition, San Francisco: Pearson
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