smooth muscle vs muscular tissue
muscular tissue vs smooth musclesmooth muscle and muscular tissue both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| smooth muscle | Yes | No | No | No |
| muscular tissue | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
muscular tissue is a hypernym of
smooth muscle; that is, muscular tissue is a
word with a broader meaning than smooth muscle:
- smooth muscle: muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
- muscular tissue: animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
Other hypernyms of smooth muscle include
muscle.
| smooth muscle (noun) | muscular tissue (noun) |
|---|---|
| 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) | animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
| muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets |
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