{"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":"2026-08-02T18:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:25:21","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 at a high magnification. Their elongated nuclei have rounded ends, and are cigar-shaped.<br \/>\nWhen smooth muscle fibers contract some of their nuclei become coiled. These kind images help the recognition of smooth muscle cells in sections. Observe spiral-shaped nuclei in the images.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-13.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-A-nucleus.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Longitudinal sections of smooth muscle cells. High magnification.<\/p>\n<\/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":17,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23723,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3671\/revisions\/23723"}],"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}]}}