Muscle
Of contractile organ. May also be referred to as musculus.
One of the contractile organs of the body.
This concept's ID is @1~28915
Contains
- skeletal muscle
A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of...
- sphincter
A ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening.
- ocular muscle
One of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball.
- antagonistic muscle
(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps...
- muscle cell
An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body.
- smooth muscle
A muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs...
- tensor
Any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm.
- rectus
Any of various straight muscles.
- pronator
A muscle that produces or assists in pronation.
- supinator
A muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination.
- levator
A muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip).