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Myocytes, Smooth Muscle

"Myocytes, Smooth Muscle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Non-striated, elongated, spindle-shaped cells found lining the digestive tract, uterus, and blood vessels. They are derived from specialized myoblasts (MYOBLASTS, SMOOTH MUSCLE).


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Bar chart showing 111 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2008 and 2013
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