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What kind of Involuntary muscle is found in the walls of blood vessels and in the digestive tract?
Smooth muscle tissue is the type of muscle tissue found in the walls of many organs and blood vessels in the body.
Which type of muscle lines the blood vessels and the airways of the body?
Smooth
How does smooth muscle make blood vessels function?
Smooth muscle is mostly in the afferent branch going from the arteries to the arterioles. The body controls where blood will flow by controlling the vessel diameter. An increase in sympathetic tone constricts smooth muscle, decreases blood vessel diameter, and limits blood flow.
What body location has smooth muscle?
The Heart has smooth muscle :)
Name two places in your body where you find smooth muscles?
Name two places in your body where you find smooth muscles?
Why are the walls of the ventricles made of muscle?
The walls of your ventricles are made of smooth muscle because they need to be able to push the blood through your heart. There are valves that open and close to make the blood flow the correct way in the ventricles. The left ventricle has a thicker layer of smooth muscle because it needs to pump blood to the entire body while the right ventricle's smooth muscle doesn't need to be as thick because it is just pumping blood to the lungs which aren't very far away.
Which is the Longest smooth muscle of human body?
Rectus abdominus is the longest smooth muscle in the body.We should not confuse it with sartoris which is the longest muscle and not the longest smooth muscle in the body.
What is the strong muscle that pumps blood throught the body?
The heart is made of cardiac muscle and it pumps blood all through the body.
Where in the human body is smooth muscle tissue?
Yes, it is found in the tunica media layer of blood vessels.
Is a smooth muscle a voluntary muscle or involuntary muscle?
Yes, smooth muscle is involuntary muscle, meaning it will cause actions that you don't have to think about. For example, your vasculature is surrounded by smooth muscle to allow dilation or constriction of blood vessels to help control blood pressure and shunt blood away from or to certain regions of the body.
Which type of muscle is mainly responsible for the movement of blood throughout the body?
cardiac muscle and smooth muscle of arteries and of course the skeletal muscles surrounding the veins (in lower limb for example).
Where can smooth muscle tissue be found?
In visceral organs: for example, the stomach, urinary bladder, small intestines. Smooth muscle cells are also found in arteries and arterioles
