Preferred Name | smooth muscle | |
Synonyms |
adult visceral muscle |
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Definitions |
Visceral muscle of the adult. Muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, that is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and that is found in vertebrate visceral structures (as the stomach and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to conscious control by the mind and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods. |
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ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000889 |
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database_cross_reference |
BTO:0001260 FBbt:00003525 XAO:0000175 MAT:0000303 EV:0100378 SAEL:97 |
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definition |
Visceral muscle of the adult. Muscle tissue that lacks cross striations, that is made up of elongated spindle-shaped cells having a central nucleus, and that is found in vertebrate visceral structures (as the stomach and bladder) as thin sheets performing functions not subject to conscious control by the mind and in all or most of the musculature of invertebrates other than arthropods. |
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has_exact_synonym |
adult visceral muscle |
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label |
smooth muscle |
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preferred label |
smooth muscle |
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prefixIRI |
efo:EFO_0000889 |
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prefLabel |
smooth muscle |
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term editor |
Tomasz Adamusiak James Malone |
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subClassOf |