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Involuntary muscle


involuntary muscle: see smooth muscle and cardiac muscle.
islets of Langerhans: clusters of cells that make up the endocrine portion of the pancreas.
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Smooth muscle or "involuntary muscle" is found within the walls of organs and structures such as the oesophagus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, uterus, ureters, bladder, and blood vessels.
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Maintaining autonomic functions such as heartbeat, breathing, control of involuntary muscle actions are performed by some of the parts of this system.
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pertaining to a system of nerves and ganglia that regulate involuntary muscles, blood vessels and so forth, and connect with the central nervous system by the cranial and spinal nerves; movements in plants initiated by internal stimuli ...
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A compound that reduces inflammation by increasing permeability of blood vessels and contracting various involuntary muscles such as those in airways.
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bronchitis An inflammation of bronchial linings that causes persistent cough, copious production of sputum, and involuntary muscle spasms that constrict airways.
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The motor system controls voluntary muscle movement, aided by feedback loops in the cerebellum and the basal ganglia. Nuclei in the brainstem control many involuntary muscle functions such as heartrate and breathing.
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Spinocerebellar ataxia, type 1 (SCA1; involuntary muscle movements, reflex disorders, explosive speech)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA; severe, usually lethal progressive muscle-wasting disorder in children) ...
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