involuntary muscle
involuntary muscle · involuntary muscles
A muscle that is not controlled by individual volition, e.g., cardiac muscle and…A muscle that is not controlled by individual volition, e.g., cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A muscle that is not controlled by individual volition, e.g., cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
More definitions
- a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
Translations
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plural: involuntary muscles| Singular | involuntary muscle |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart):smooth muscle
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedvoluntary muscle
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable