Definition that contains smooth muscle
- hernia rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
- ans the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
- antispasmodic a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
- herniation rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
- autonomic nervous system the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
- musculus sphincter ductus choledochi the smooth muscle sphincter of the common bile duct
- antispasmodic agent a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
- papaverine an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive
- methacholine parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity
- alpha-adrenergic receptor receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)