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SMOOTH MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("smooth muscle" is a kind of...):

muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)

Meronyms (parts of "smooth muscle"):

smooth muscle cell (cells of the smooth muscles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)

Synonyms:

involuntary muscle; smooth muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("smooth muscle" is a kind of...):

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smooth muscle"):

myometrium (the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus)

musculus sphincter ani internus (an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum)

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 Context examples: 

Metoclopramide exerts its prokinetic effect by antagonizing dopamine mediated relaxation effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle.

(Metoclopramide, NCI Thesaurus)

Methylcellulose is not absorbed by the intestines and attracts large amounts of water into the colon, thereby increasing viscosity, producing a softer and bulkier stool and stimulating the constriction of intestinal smooth muscles.

(Methylcellulose, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased cAMP levels leads to a reduction in intracellular calcium concentration, thereby causes smooth muscle relaxation and decreases the intensity of uterine contractions.

(Meluadrine, NCI Thesaurus)

The coumarin derivatives in this agent may vasodilate and relax smooth muscle and may exhibit additive anticoagulant effects.

(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased cAMP levels cause relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle, improve mucocliary clearance and reduce inflammatory cell mediator release, especially from mast cells.

(Metaproterenol Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The monomer form of this agent has relaxation effect on smooth muscle systemically, which might be a result of nitric oxide-mediated response.

(Methyl Methacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both transcriptional activation and smooth muscle development.

(MKL/Myocardin-Like Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in arterial vasoconstriction and increased uterine smooth muscle contractions.

(Methylergonovine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)

In the central nervous and gastrointestinal systems, this agent has widespread effects including analgesia, anxiolysis, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, and gastrointestinal system smooth muscle contraction.

(Morphine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes myosin light chain kinase, smooth muscle and non-muscle isozymes protein, is involved in myosin light chain activation, vascular permeability and the formation of edema in tissues.

(MYLK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)