smooth muscles
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Smooth muscles are the involuntary muscles found in internal organs—the walls of the stomach, intestines, blood vessels, bladder, and uterus.
Unlike skeletal muscles, which attach to bones and move under conscious control, smooth muscles contract automatically to push food through the digestive tract, regulate blood flow, and perform other functions below awareness.
- fibersThreadlike structural strands
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- arteriolesSmallest arterial vessels
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
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