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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Endoplasmic Reticulum > Endoplasmic Reticulum, Smooth
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Endoplasmic Reticulum > Endoplasmic Reticulum, Smooth
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Endoplasmic Reticulum > Endoplasmic Reticulum, Smooth

Preferred term

Endoplasmic Reticulum, Smooth  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Agranular Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum, Agranular

Note

  • smooth endoplasmic reticulum in muscle = SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH is also available

Scope note

  • A type of endoplasmic reticulum lacking associated ribosomes on the membrane surface. It exhibits a wide range of specialized metabolic functions including supplying enzymes for steroid synthesis, detoxification, and glycogen breakdown. In muscle cells, smooth endoplasmic reticulum is called SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM.

History note

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In other languages

  • sileäpintainen solulimakalvosto

    Finnish

  • jyväsetön endoplasmakalvosto
  • jyväsetön endoplasminen retikkeli
  • jyväsetön solulimakalvosto
  • reticulum endoplasmicum non granulosum
  • sileäpintainen endoplasmakalvosto
  • sileäpintainen endoplasminen retikkeli
  • Endoplasmatisk nätverk, glatt

    Swedish

  • Glatt endoplasmatisk retikel

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018871

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