HISTOLOGY
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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Question
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Which type of muscle tissue is found in sheets, lining organs and blood vessels?
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Smooth
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Cardiac
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Connective
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Skeletal
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Smooth muscle is a mesenchymal tissue that surrounds the epithelia of organs including the gut, blood vessels, lungs, bladder, ureter, uterus, oviduct and epididymis.
Detailed explanation-2: -Smooth muscle fibers are located in walls of hollow visceral organs (such as the liver, pancreas, and intestines), except the heart, appear spindle-shaped, and are also under involuntary control.
Detailed explanation-3: -At a cellular level, smooth muscle can be described as an involuntary, non-striated muscle. Smooth muscle consists of thick and thin filaments that are not arranged into sarcomeres giving it a non-striated pattern.
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