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Muscle Tissue

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-018001

Tissue responsible for the body movements and the shape and size changes of interna organs. Muscle tissue is composed of specialized contractile cells. There are two types of muscle tissue recognized:striated and smooth muscle. The striated muscle tissue is further subdivided into skeletal, visceral striated, and cardiac muscle.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-018001
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018001",
  "term": "Muscle Tissue",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Tissue responsible for the body movements and the shape and size changes of interna organs. Muscle tissue is composed of specialized contractile cells. There are two types of muscle tissue recognized:striated and smooth muscle. The striated muscle tissue is further subdivided into skeletal, visceral striated, and cardiac muscle.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/muscle-tissue/"
}

Record 18,001 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.