blood vessel smooth muscle

Term ID

UBERON:0004237

Synonyms

• blood vessel involuntary muscle
• blood vessel non-striated muscle
• blood vessel smooth muscle tissue
• involuntary muscle of blood vessel
• non-striated muscle of blood vessel
• smooth muscle of blood vessel
• smooth muscle tissue of blood vessel
• vascular smooth muscle
• vascular smooth muscle tissue

Definition

smooth muscle found within, and composing the majority of the wall of blood vessels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_smooth_muscle

References

• BTO:0001431
• CALOHA:TS-1107
• EMAPA:35177
• MA:0000710
• MESH:D009131
• NCIT:C33853
• TAO:0005321
• UMLS:C1519956
• ZFA:0005321
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_smooth_muscle
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1519956

Ontology

Cell Ontology