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the tunica media is made of smooth muscles and elastic fibers.

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Smooth muscle in the arterial wall would cause the arteries to be able to expand and contract with the flow of the blood.

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the aortic artery

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Q: What layer of an artery consists mostly of smooth muscles?
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What layer of an artery consists mostly of smooth muscle?

Arterial walls are more muscular than the walls of veins. This muscle is smooth involuntary muscle.


Does the artery have smooth muscles or the veins?

artery


Are Smooth and cardiac muscles mostly involintary?

yes


What muscles is involuntary?

The cardiac and smooth muscles are involuntary. The cardiac is found only in the heart and the smooth muscles are found mostly inside the walls of organs.


What is the part of the body where smooth muscles are found?

Smooth muscles are found in many parts of the body. They are mostly found in the digestion and waste disposal systems of the body. The stomach and intestines are smooth muscles.


Major organs for muscular systems?

it consists of three types of muscles: smooth cardiac and skeletal


The main component of the tunica media of muscular arteries is?

Tunica Media or just Media is the central layer of arteries or veins. In the artery, it is composed of elastic tissue and smooth cell muscles.


Can you contract your smooth and cardiac muscles on purpose?

Smooth Muscles can, but Cardiac Muscles can not.


Are smooth muscles involuntary muscles?

yes. The smooth muscles (e.g. in the digestive tract) are involuntary.


What is made up of the muscles that let you move?

The muscular system is made up of the muscles that enable movement. It consists of more than 600 muscles, including skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles. These muscles work together to allow voluntary and involuntary movements in the body.


Is the smooth muscle voluntary or involuntary?

Smooth muscles are involuntary, as are cardiac muscles. Only skeletal muscles are voluntary.


Smooth muscles under involuntary control?

yes. Smooth muscles are another name for involuntary muscles.