1 Battle star, an award issued to U.S. Navy ships for participation in battles.  Battlestar (fictional spaceship), a type of spaceship in the original and new television series Battlestar Galactica.
Smooth muscle is fundamentally different from skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle in terms of structure, function, regulation of contraction, and excitation-contraction coupling. Smooth muscle cells known as myocytes, have a fusiform shape and, like striated muscle, can tense and relax.
Cardiac muscle is capable of involuntary, strong, rhythmic contractions. C. Smooth muscle - this muscle is not striated and is found in the walls of the visceral organs. Mononucleate cells. In addition to contraction, smooth muscle cells synthesize collagen, elastin, and proteoglycans (like fibroblasts).