Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun smooth_muscle

2 senses of smooth muscle

Sense 1
smooth muscle, involuntary muscle -- (a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart))
       => muscle, musculus -- (one of the contractile organs of the body)

Sense 2
smooth muscle -- (muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets)
       => muscle, muscular tissue -- (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)