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Myometrium (myo as in muscle)
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What is the muscle in the uterus called?
The uterus is made up of smooth, or involuntary, muscle. It is not under conscious control.
What is the middle layer of the uterus which consists of smooth muscle called?
myometrium
What Middle muscular layer of heart tissue?
Endometrium wall, but during pregnancy we call it placenta Or myometrium, which is the muscle layer of the uterus.
What is the name for the rhythmic smooth muscle?
The rhythmic smooth muscle is called the visceral smooth muscle. It is found in the walls of organs such as the intestines, uterus, and blood vessels, and it contracts and relaxes spontaneously to generate rhythmic movements.
Which layer of blood vessels contains smooth muscle tissue?
Tunica Media
What is the part that made of an inner layer of circular smooth muscle and an outer layer of longitudinal smooth muscle?
It's the heart
What type of organs contain smooth muscle?
All tube like structures in body contains smooth muscles in them. For example, smooth muscles in bronchi, gastrointestinal tract, ureters of kidneys, muscles in uterus(womb.)and smooth muscles in blood vessels. They are all involuntary muscles.That means they are not under your control but under control of autonomic nervous system.
What are smooth muscles?
Smooth Muscle contractions are regulated by calcium ions. The smooth muscle differs from skeletal muscle in that its contracts from all sides.
Which smooth muscle layer dilates the pupil?
the radial layer
Layers of the uterus affected by the mayoma uteri?
Uterine myomas are also known as uterine fibroids. These fibroids grow from the smooth muscle layer of the uterus. This smooth muscle wall is known as the myometrium. The fibroids are most commonly benign (non-cancerous) tumors that are typically found during a woman's child-bearing years.
What germ layer gives rise to the muscle layer of the uterus?
Mesoderm forms muscles .
What is the third layer of smooth muscle found in the stomach wall that allows mixing and mechanical breakdown?
Smooth muscle
