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Which layer of a blood vessel contains concentric sheets of smooth muscle tissue?
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∙ 12y ago
Arteries in general have the thickest layer of muscle and elastic, in order to cope with the high pressure. To be more specific, the aorta (the largest artery in the body) has the largest layer, because it is dealing with very high pressure, greater than that in any other blood vessel.
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The muscle tissue that shows no striations is muscle?
Smooth muscle contains no striations whereas cardiac and skeletal muscles are striated.
Does Smooth muscle contains intercalated discs?
no
Which layer of the uterus contains the smooth muscle?
Myometrium (myo as in muscle)
Which muscle types occurs in sheets?
The smooth muscle found in the muscularis layer of the intestines is found in layers.
What artery wall contains many smooth muscle cells?
The walls of all the arteries are made up of smooth muscle cells.
What part of the arterial wall contains smooth muscle?
Tunica media
What type of connective tissue contains spindle shaped cells?
Smooth muscle has this appearance. Because you don't seen that banding pattern (although it is there), it is given the name smooth muscle.
Which layer of blood vessels contains smooth muscle tissue?
Tunica Media
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
What type of muscle tissue is only found in the organs?
Most of the organs contain smooth muscle. The exception is the heart, which contains cardiac muscle.
What type of muscle associated to the haert?
The heart contains cardiac muscle. This muscle is involuntary, like smooth muscle, but is made up of different types of cells from food muscle.
What is the muscle that is found in the small intestine?
smooth musclesmooth muscle
