musculus
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1. one of the contractile organs of the body (noun.body)
| hyponym | : | skeletal muscle, striated muscle, |
| definition | : | a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pronator, |
| definition | : | a muscle that produces or assists in pronation (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | supinator, |
| definition | : | a muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | levator, |
| definition | : | a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | antagonistic muscle, |
| definition | : | (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | eye muscle, ocular muscle, |
| definition | : | one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | rectus, |
| definition | : | any of various straight muscles (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | involuntary muscle, smooth muscle, |
| definition | : | a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | tensor, |
| definition | : | any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm (noun.body) |
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