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smooth muscle cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000192

A non-striated, elongated, spindle-shaped cell found lining the digestive tract, uterus, and blood vessels. They develop from specialized myoblasts (smooth muscle myoblast). [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9315361 MESH:D032389 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_muscle_cell ]

Synonyms: myocytes, smooth muscle, SMCs, smooth muscle fiber