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Noun: involuntary muscle
  1. 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)
    "The involuntary muscles of the digestive system help move food through the gut";
    - smooth muscle

Derived forms: involuntary muscles

Type of: muscle, musculus

Encyclopedia: Involuntary muscle