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Cardiac Muscles

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Why involuntary muscles are called smooth muscles?

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Any muscle which is invountary is called so because you cannot control the movement of those muscles.Thesemuscles line internal organs, blood vessels, and organs such found in the digestive and reproductive systems.

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