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The 4 Tissue Types | Epithelia, Connective, Nervous, and Muscle

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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What Is Smooth Muscle?

Skeletar muscle moves a skeleton super simple, simply by that contraction. Smooth muscle lines our hollow organs and so things like the digestive tra line. It's similar to putting a tennis ball in a stocking and then using your hand to squeeze that tennis ball up the stocking. And this is how we push vecal material through a digestive tract, push urine out of he tennis ball bladder with my hands andnd a pair of stockings. It's all because of this smooth muscle layer.

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