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Smooth muscle: Along with skeletal and cardiac muscle, one of the types of muscle tissue in the body. Smooth muscle generally forms the supporting tissue of blood vessels and hollow internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine, and bladder. It is considered smooth because it does not have the microscopic lines (the striations) seen in the other two types of muscle.

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Smooth muscle: Along with skeletal and cardiac muscle, one of the types of muscle tissue in the body. Smooth muscle generally forms the supporting tissue of blood vessels and hollow internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine, and bladder. It is considered smooth because it does not have the microscopic lines (the striations) seen in the other two types of muscle.

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Smooth muscle generally forms the supporting tissue of blood vessels and hollow internal organs, such as the stomach, intestine and bladder

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Contraction is much slower than other types of muscle. This is due to the lower rate of oxygen and energy consumption. They also contribute to other major functions such as peristalsis and vasoconstriction. Smooth muscle cells have lots of different finctions and so cells are organised into two groups.HTTP://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/smooth_muscle_cells

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Http://m-ivyroses.com/HumanBody/Tissue/Tissue_Muscular-Tissue.php.

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Smooth muscle tissue is classed as non-stricted due to its appearance and cells are located mainly in the walls of hollow organs such as the urinary , reproductive, intestinal and respiratory tracks of both females and males. HTTP://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.pho/smooth_muscle_cells

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Smooth muscle helps to move food along the gastrointestinal tract as well as breaking the food down further. Smooth muscle also contributes to moving fluids through the body.

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each smooth muscle fibre has a single centrally located nucleus

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Smooth muscle fibres are small and tapered