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A 62-year-old man has increased urinary frequency, including nocturia (getting up multiple times during the night to urinate). A physical exam reveals an enlarged prostate, which is obstructing his urinary flow (the prostate surrounds the urethra below the bladder). The initial response of the bladder to this condition is hypertrophy of the tissue that generates urinary force. Which tissue is hypertrophied in this patient?