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.
3 types of muscles: 1) Smooth muscle-controlled by the autonomic nervous system; may either be generally inactive and then respond to neural stimulation or hormones or may be rhythmic. 2) Cardiac muscle-found in the heart, acts like rhythmic smooth muscle, modulated by neural activity and hormones. types of muscles: 1) Smooth muscle-controlled by the autonomic nervous system; may either be generally inactive and then respond to neural stimulation or hormones or may be rhythmic. 2) Cardiac muscle-found in the heart, acts like rhythmic smooth muscle, modulated by neural activity and hormones.