Smooth muscle

Type: Involuntary, non-striated muscle

Shape: Spindle-shaped
Size: Smallest
Nucleus: single, oval and central
Site: walls of hollow organs & vessels,
respiratory tract, urinary tract
Arrangment: circular or longitudinal
Function: Contracts at constant pace
Features of smooth muscle
Presence of: -
a) actin and myosin
b) dense bodies
c) intermediate filament
d) caveolae
- can contract over a wider range of
resting lengths
- have regenerative ability
- can undergo hypertrophy &
hyperplasia
Contraction of smooth muscle