{"id":3671,"date":"2017-12-04T22:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=3671"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:06:51","slug":"8-13-muscle-tissue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-13-muscle-tissue\/","title":{"rendered":"8-13 Muscle tissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>SMOOTH MUSCLE \u2013 4<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> The figure presents a section of smooth muscle fibers seen ata high magnification. Theirelongated nuclei have rounded ends, and are cigar-shaped.<br \/>\nWhen smooth muscle fibers contract some of their nuclei assume a spiral shape and look as a corkscrew or a pig&#8217;s tail.This kind of image helps to diagnose smooth muscle cells in sections. Observe some of them highlighted in green.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <\/p>\n<div onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-13.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-13-MO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-13.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Smooth muscle cells as seen in a longitudinal section. High magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-14-muscle-tissue\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-12-muscle-tissue\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/8-0-muscle-tissue\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3671","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3671"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22628,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3671\/revisions\/22628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}