Look up: muscle

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   muscle
   Bundle of contractile cells which allow animals to move. Muscles must act against a skeleton to effect movement.
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   Muscle
   Muscle is Black-American slang for 'bluff; false'
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   muscle
   [n] - one of the contractile organs of the body 2. [n] - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells 3. [v] - make one`s way by force
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   Muscle
   Tissue consisting of fibres organized into bands or bundles that contract to cause bodily movement. Muscle fibres run in the same direction as the action they perform.
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   Muscle
   Tissue or organ made of muscle cells, which contract to do work
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   Muscle
   A soft tissue which contracts when stimulated by its nerve supply, producing movement across a joint
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   Muscle
   A bundle of bony slender cells that are able to contract and hence produce movement.
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   Muscle
   Muscle: Muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart muscle is called "cardiac muscle." Muscle that is in the walls of arteries and ...
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   muscle
   each muscle fibre contracts with a certain force,and the strength of the whole muscle is the sum of these muscle fibres.The maximum strength of a human muscle lies between 3 and 4 kg/ m2 of the cross section Category: Medicine • the cells which muscles consist of Category: Medicine • coordination of muscles or organs by the nervous system so that specific actions can be per...
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    Muscle
    Tissue consisting of fibres organized into bands or bundles that contract to cause bodily movement. Muscle fibres run in the same direction as the action they perform.
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    muscle
    Tissue specialized for contraction. See also twitch muscle, catch muscle:
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    Muscle
    Mus'cle noun [ French, from Latin musculus a muscle, a little mouse, dim. of mus a mouse. See Mouse , and confer sense 3 (below).] 1. (Anat.) (a) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion. See Illust. of Muscles of the Human Body, in Appendix. (b) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up. » Muscles are of ...
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    muscle
    <anatomy> Tissue specialised for contraction. See twitch muscle, catch muscle: Cardiac muscle (heart muscle) is a striated but involuntary muscle responsible for the pumping activity of the vertebrate heart. The individual muscle cells are joined through a junctional complex known as the intercalated disc and are not fused together into multi ...
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    muscle
    musculus noun one of the contractile organs of the body
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    muscle
    noun animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
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    MUSCLE
    `MUSCLE` (`mu`ltiple `s`equence `c`omparison by `l`og-`e`xpectation) is public domain, multiple sequence alignment software for protein and nucleotide sequences.
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    muscle
    (mus´әl) a bundle of long slender cells (muscle fibers) having the power to contract and hence to produce movement. Muscles are responsible for locomotion and play an important part in performing vital body functions. They also protect the contents of the abdomen against injury and help support the body. The...
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    Muscle
    • (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one`s muscle by lifting a heavy weight. • (n.) See Mussel. • (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up. • (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
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    muscle
    contractile tissue found in animals, the function of which is to produce motion.[48 related articles]
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    muscle
    muscle 1. A tissue that can undergo repeated contraction and relaxation, so that it is able to produce movement of body parts, maintain tension, or pump fluids within the body. There are three types: voluntary striped muscle, involuntary smooth muscle, and branched or heart muscle. 2. An organ composed of bundles or sheets of muscle tissue, bound tog...
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    muscle
    A primary tissue, consisting predominantly of highly specialized contractile cells, which may be classified as skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, or smooth muscle; microscopically, the latter is lacking in transverse striations characteristic of the other two types; one of the contractile organs of the body by which movements of the various organs an...
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    muscle
    
    1. one of the contractile organs of the body
    2. animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
    3. muscular strength
    
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    muscle
    A bundle of contractile cells, or muscle fibers, that allows movement in humans and other animals. In the body, there are three types of muscle: • skeletal (striated or striped) muscle • smooth (unstriated or unstriped) muscle • cardiac muscle See also muscular system.
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    muscle
    muscle, the contractile tissue that effects the movement of and within the body. Muscle tissue in the higher animals is classified as striated, smooth, or cardiac, according to its structure and function. Striated, or skeletal, muscle forms the bulk of the body's muscle tissue and gives the body its...
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