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
Term info
- BTO:0004576
- FMA:14072
- CALOHA:TS-2159
human_reference_atlas
CL:0000191
non-striated muscle cell
Smooth muscle cell
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606