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  2. Smooth muscle - Wikipedia

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    The dense bodies and intermediate filaments are networked through the sarcoplasm, which cause the muscle fiber to contract. Smooth muscle is grouped into two types: single-unit smooth muscle, also known as visceral smooth muscle, and multiunit smooth muscle.

  3. Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle - Wikipedia

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    The levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle (occasionally shortened alaeque nasi muscle) is, translated from Latin, the "lifter of both the upper lip and of the wing of the nose".

  4. Levator labii superioris - Wikipedia

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    The levator labii superioris (pl.: levatores labii superioris, also called quadratus labii superioris, pl.: quadrati labii superioris) is a muscle of the human body used in facial expression.

  5. Vascular smooth muscle - Wikipedia

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    Vascular smooth muscle contracts or relaxes to change both the volume of blood vessels and the local blood pressure, a mechanism that is responsible for the redistribution of the blood within the body to areas where it is needed (i.e. areas with temporarily enhanced oxygen consumption).

  6. Striated muscle tissue - Wikipedia

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    Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres.The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle fibers, which is responsible for the striated appearance observed in microscopic images of this tissue.

  7. Deltoid muscle - Wikipedia

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    The deltoid muscle is the muscle [1] forming the rounded contour of the human shoulder.It is also known as the 'common shoulder muscle', particularly in other animals such as the domestic cat.

  8. Nasalis muscle - Wikipedia

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    The nasalis muscle is one of the key muscles not formed or inserted correctly with cleft lip and cleft palate deformity. [5] The head of the transverse part needs to be identified during reconstructive surgery so that it can be surgically sutured (connected to) the nasal septum.

  9. Temporoparietalis muscle - Wikipedia

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