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mondofacto - Online Medical Dictionary Category: Health and Medicine > Medical Dictionary Date & country: 26/01/2008, UK Words: 116197

muscles of thorax
The muscles attaching to the rib cage including the pectoral muscles, serratus anterior, subclavius, levator muscles, intercostal muscles, transverse thoracic muscle, subcostal muscles, and diaphragm. ... Synonym: musculi thoracis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscles of tongue
The extrinsic muscles include the genioglossus, hyoglossus, chondroglossus, and styloglossus muscles; the intrinsic muscles are the vertical, transverse, and the superior and inferior longitudinal; all are innervated by the hypoglssal nerve. ... Synonym: musculi linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscles, abdominal
A large group of muscles in the front of the abdomen that assists in the regular breathing movement and supports the muscles of the spine while lifting and keeping abdominal organs such as the intestines in place. Abdominal muscles play a key role in exercises such as sit-ups. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

muscone
muskone ...

musculamine
Synonym for spermine ... <biochemistry> Polybasic amine. Found in human sperm, in ribosomes and in some viruses. Involved in nucleic acid packaging. Synthesis is regulated by ornithine decarboxylase which plays a key role in control of DNA replication. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

muscular
<anatomy> Pertaining to or composing muscle. ... Origin: L. Muscularis ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

muscular artery
<anatomy, artery> An artery with a tunica media composed principally of circularly arranged smooth muscle. ... Synonym: distributing artery, medium artery. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular asthenopia
Asthenopia due to imbalance of the extrinsic ocular muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular atrophy
Derangement in size and number of muscle fibres occurring with aging, reduction in blood supply, or following immobilization, prolonged weightlessness, malnutrition, and particularly in denervation. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

muscular atrophy, spinal
Progressive degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the spinal cord, brainstem, and motor cortex, manifested clinically by muscular weakness, atrophy, and corticospinal tract signs in varying combinations. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

muscular branches
Usually unnamed branches of nerves or vessels that supply the muscles. ... Synonym: rami musculares. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat
The muscular, usually middle, layer of a tubular structure; for most of the gastrointestinal tract, it consists of an outer longitudinal layer of muscle and an inner circular layer. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of bronchi
Muscular layer of the bronchial wall. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis bronchiorum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of colon
Muscular layer of the wall of the colon. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis coli. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of ductus deferens
Muscular layer of the wall of the ductus deferens. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis ductus deferentis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of female urethra
Muscular layer of the wall of the female urethra. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis urethrae femininae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of gallbladder
Muscular layer of the wall of the gallbladder. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis vesicae biliaris, tunica muscularis vesicae felleae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of oesophagus
Muscular layer of the oesophageal wall. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis oesophagi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of pharynx
Muscular layer of the pharyngeal wall. In contrast with the muscular coats of the rest of the gastrointestinal tract (except anal canal), that of the pharynx has an outer circular layer and an inner longitudinal layer. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis pharyngis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of rectum
Muscular layer of the wall of the rectum. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis recti. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of small intestine
Muscular layer of the wall of the small intestine. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis intestini tenuis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of stomach
Muscular tunic of the stomach, consisting of smooth muscles arranged in three fairly well defined layers: an outer longitudinal layer, continuous with that of the oesophagus but dividing at the cardia into two bands which run along the greater and lesser curvatures, leaving the middle areas of the anterior and posterior walls devoid of longitudinal …

muscular coat of trachea
Muscular layer of the tracheal wall. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis tracheae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of ureter
Muscular layer of the ureteric wall. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis ureteris. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of urinary bladder
Muscular layer of the wall of the urinary bladder. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis vesicae urinariae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of uterine tube
Muscular layer of the wall of the uterine tube. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis tubae uterinae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular coat of uterus
Synonym for myometrium ... <anatomy> Uterine smooth muscle. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

muscular coat of vagina
Muscular layer of the vaginal wall. ... Synonym: tunica muscularis vaginae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular dystrophy
A group of diseases characterised by progressive degeneration and/or loss of muscle fibres without nervous system involvement. All or nearly all of them have a hereditary origin but details of the type of genetic defect and of the prognosis for the disease vary from type to type. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy) i …

muscular fibril
Synonym for myofibril ... <cell biology> Long cylindrical organelle of striated muscle, composed of regular arrays of thick and thin filaments and constituting the contractile apparatus. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

muscular hyperesthesia
Sensitiveness of the muscles to pressure. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular incompetence
Imperfect closure of an anatomically normal cardiac valve, in consequence of defective action of its papillary muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular insufficiency
Failure of any muscle to contract with its normal force, especially such failure of any of the eye muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular lacuna
The lateral compartment beneath the inguinal (Poupart's) ligament, for the passage of the iliopsoas muscle and femoral nerve; it is separated by the iliopectineal arch from the vascular lacuna. ... Synonym: lacuna musculorum. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular layer of mucosa
Synonym for muscularis mucosae ... The thin layer of smooth muscle found in most parts of the digestive tube located outside the lamina propria mucosae and adjacent to the tela submucosa. ... Synonym: lamina muscularis mucosae, muscular layer of mucosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular movement
Movement caused by the contraction of the myofibrils of the muscle cells. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular pulley
A fibrous loop through which the tendon of a muscle passes; the intermediate tendon of the digastric and omohyoid muscles pass through such a trochlea. ... Synonym: trochlea muscularis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular reflex
Synonym for myotatic reflex ... Tonic contraction of the muscles in response to a stretching force, due to stimulation of muscle proprioceptors. ... Synonym: Liddell-Sherrington reflex, muscular reflex, stretch reflex. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular rheumatism
Synonym for fibrositis ... <pathology> A disorder characterised by muscle pain, stiffness and easy fatigability. The cause is unknown and an estimated 3 million Americans are affected. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

muscular sense
Synonym for myesthesia ... The sensation felt in muscle when it is contracting; awareness of movement or activity in muscles or joints; sense of position or movement mediated in large part by the posterior columns and medial lemniscus. ... See: bathyesthesia. ... Synonym: deep sensibility, kinesthetic sense, mesoblastic sensibility, muscular sense, my …

muscular subaortic stenosis
Synonym for idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis ... <cardiology> A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular outflow obstruction (subaortic stenosis) and eventual cardiomyopathy. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

muscular substance of prostate
The smooth muscle in the stroma of the prostate. ... Synonym: substantia muscularis prostatae, musculus prostaticus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular system
All the muscles of the body collectively. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular tissue
A tissue characterised by the ability to contract upon stimulation; its three varieties are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. ... See: muscle. ... Synonym: flesh. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular triangle
The triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and the anterior midline of the neck; the infrahyoid muscles occupy most of it. ... Synonym: trigonum musculare, trigonum omotracheale, inferior carotid triangle, omotracheal triangle, tracheal triangle. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular trophoneurosis
Synonym for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

muscular tunic of gallbladder
Muscular tunic of the gallbladder, consisting of layers of smooth muscle fibres coursing in various directions immediately external to the mucosa of the gallbladder. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscular tunics
See: muscular coat. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscularis
The muscular coat of a hollow organ or tubular structure. ... Origin: Mod. L. Muscular ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

muscularis mucosae
The thin layer of smooth muscle found in most parts of the digestive tube located outside the lamina propria mucosae and adjacent to the tela submucosa. ... Synonym: lamina muscularis mucosae, muscular layer of mucosa. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculature
The muscular apparatus of the body or of any part of it. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...

musculi
The pleural of musculus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi abdominis
Synonym for muscles of abdomen ... Muscles forming the wall of the abdomen including rectus abdominis, external and internal oblique muscles, transversus abdominis, and quadratus abdominis. ... Synonym: musculi abdominis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi arrectores pilorum
Synonym for arrector pili muscles ... Bundles of smooth muscle fibres, attached to the deep part of the hair follicles, passing outward alongside the sebaceous glands to the papillary layer of the corium; they act to pull the hairs erect, causing 'goose bumps' or 'goose flesh' (cutis anserina). ... Synonym: musculi arrectores pilorum, arrectores pilo …

musculi bulbi
Synonym for extraocular muscles ... The voluntary muscles which control eye movement ... (27 Sep 1997) ...

musculi capitis
Synonym for muscles of head ... The muscles of expression, of mastication, and the suboccipital muscles in general. ... Synonym: musculi capitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi coccygei
Synonym for muscles of coccyx ... The muscles of the coccyx considered as a group, including the musculus coccygeus and the inconstant ventral and dorsal sacrococcygeal muscles. ... Synonym: musculi coccygei. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi colli
Synonym for muscles of neck ... The anterolateral muscles of the neck including the platysma, sternocleidomastoid, suprahyoid muscles, infrahyoid muscles, longus colli and scalene muscles. ... Synonym: musculi colli. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi dorsi
Synonym for muscles of the back ... The muscles of the back in general, including those attaching the shoulder girdle to the trunk posteriorly, the posterior serratus muscles, and the erector spinae. ... Synonym: musculi dorsi, dorsal muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi faciales
Synonym for muscles of facial expression ... The numerous muscles supplied by the facial nerve that are attached to and move the skin of the face. Nomina Anatomica also includes the buccinator muscle in this group; even though it functions primarily in mastication. ... Synonym: musculi faciales, facial muscles, mimetic muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi infrahyoidei
Synonym for infrahyoid muscles ... The small, flat muscles inferior to the hyoid bone including the sternohyoid, omohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and levator muscle of the thyroid gland. ... Synonym: musculi infrahyoidei, strap muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi interossei
Synonym for interosseous muscles ... Muscles which arise from and run between the long (metacarpal and metatarsal) bones of the hand and foot, extending to and producing movement of the digits. ... See: dorsal interosseous muscles of foot, dorsal interosseous muscles of hand, palmar interosseous muscle, plantar interosseous muscle. ... Synonym: muscul …

musculi interossei dorsalis manus
Synonym for dorsal interosseous muscles of hand ... Four muscles in the hand; origin, sides of adjacent metacarpal bones; insertion, proximal phalanges and extensor expansion, first on radial side of index, second on radial side of middle finger, third on ulnar side of middle finger, fourth on ulnar side of ring finger; action, abduct fingers 2-4 fr …

musculi interossei dorsalis pedis
Synonym for dorsal interosseous muscles of foot ... Four muscles in the foot; origin, from sides of adjacent metatarsal bones; insertion, first into medial, second into lateral side of proximal phalanx of second toe, third and fourth into lateral side of proximal phalanx of third and fourth toes; action, abduct toes 2-4 from an axis through the seco …

musculi interspinales
Synonym for interspinales muscles ... The paired muscles between spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae; subdivided into cervical, thoracic, and lumbar muscles. ... Synonym: musculi interspinales, interspinal muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi intertransversarii
Synonym for intertransversarii muscles ... The paired muscles between transverse processes of adjacent vertebrae; there are anterior and posterior muscles in the cervical region; lateral and medial muscles in the lumbar region; and single muscles in the thoracic region. ... Synonym: musculi intertransversarii, intertransverse muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000 …

musculi intertransversarii thoracis
Synonym for thoracic intertransversarii muscles ... Origin, transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. ... Synonym: musculi intertransversarii thoracis, thoracic intertransverse muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi laryngis
Synonym for muscles of larynx ... The intrinsic muscles that regulate the length, position and tension of the vocal cords and adjust the size of the openings between the aryepiglottic folds, the ventricular folds and the vocal folds. ... Synonym: musculi laryngis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi levatores costarum
Synonym for levatores costarum muscles ... musculus levator costae, elevator muscle of rib, musculi levatores costarum ...

musculi levatores costarum breves
Synonym for short levatores costarum muscles ... <anatomy> Origin, the transverse processes of last cervical and eleven thoracic vertebrae; insertion ribs immediately below, between angle and tubercle. ... Synonym: musculi levatores costarum breves. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi levatores costarum longi
Synonym for long levatores costarum muscles ... Insertion, the second rib below their origin; action, raise ribs; nerve supply, intercostal. ... Synonym: musculi levatores costarum longi. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi linguae
Synonym for muscles of tongue ... The extrinsic muscles include the genioglossus, hyoglossus, chondroglossus, and styloglossus muscles; the intrinsic muscles are the vertical, transverse, and the superior and inferior longitudinal; all are innervated by the hypoglssal nerve. ... Synonym: musculi linguae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi ossiculorum auditus
Synonym for muscles of auditory ossicles ... The musculus stapedius and musculus tensor tympani. ... Synonym: musculi ossiculorum auditus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi pectinati
Synonym for pectinate muscles ... Prominent ridges of atrial myocardium located on the inner surface of much of the right atrium and both auricles. ... Synonym: musculi pectinati, pectinate fibres. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi perinei
Synonym: perineal muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi rotatores
Synonym for rotatores muscles ... Deepest of the three layers of transversospinalis muscles, chiefly developed in the thoracic region; they arise from the transverse process of one vertebra and are inserted into the root of the spinous process of the next two or three vertebrae above; action, traditionally described as a column, it is more likely th …

musculi rotatores cervicis
Synonym for rotatores cervicis muscles ... The rotator muscles attached to the cervical vertebrae. ... Synonym: musculi rotatores cervicis, cervical rotator muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi rotatores lumborum
Synonym for rotatores lumborum muscles ... The rotator muscles of the lumbar vertebrae. ... Synonym: musculi rotatores lumborum, lumbar rotator muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi rotatores thoracis
Synonym for rotatores thoracis muscles ... The rotators of the thoracic vertebrae. ... Synonym: musculi rotatores thoracis, thoracic rotator muscles. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi suboccipitales
Synonym for suboccipital muscles ... A group of muscles located immediately below the occipital bone; they are: rectus capitis anterior muscle, rectus capitis posterior major and minor muscles, rectus capitis lateralis musculus, obliquus capitis superior and inferior muscles; innervated by suboccipital nerve; although actions are described, it is he …

musculi suprahyoidei
Synonym for suprahyoid muscles ... The group of muscles attached to the upper part of the hyoid bone including the digastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid, and geniohyoid muscles. ... Synonym: musculi suprahyoidei. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculi thoracis
Synonym for muscles of thorax ... The muscles attaching to the rib cage including the pectoral muscles, serratus anterior, subclavius, levator muscles, intercostal muscles, transverse thoracic muscle, subcostal muscles, and diaphragm. ... Synonym: musculi thoracis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculoaponeurotic
Relating to muscular tissue and an aponeurosis of origin or insertion. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculocutaneous amputation
Amputation with a flap of muscle and skin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculocutaneous flap
Synonym for myocutaneous flap ... A pedicle skin flap, often an island flap, with an attached subjacent muscle and its investments and blood supply. ... Synonym: musculocutaneous flap, myodermal flap. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculocutaneous nerve
<anatomy, nerve> A major nerve of the upper extremity. The fibres of the musculocutaneous nerve originate in the lower cervical spinal cord (usually c5 to c7), travel via the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to the upper arm, elbow, and forearm. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

musculocutaneous nerve of leg
Synonym for superficial peroneal nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the common peroneal nerve which passes downward in the lateral compartment of the leg to supply the peroneus longus and brevis muscles and terminate as the intermediate and medial dorsal cutaneous nerves supplying the skin of the dorsum of the foot and toes (except for adj …

musculomembranous
Relating to both muscular tissue and membrane; denoting certain muscles, such as the occipitofrontalis, that are largely membranous. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculophrenic artery
<anatomy, artery> Origin, the lateral terminal branch of internal thoracic; distribution, diaphragm and intercostal muscles; anastomoses, branches of pericardiacophrenic, inferior phrenic, and posterior intercostal arteries. ... Synonym: arteria musculophrenica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculophrenic veins
The veins that accompany the musculophrenic artery and drain blood from the upper abdominal wall, and anterior portions of the lower intercostal spaces and the diaphragm. ... Synonym: venae musculophrenicae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculoskeletal
Relating to muscles and to the skeleton, as, for example, the musculoskeletal system. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculoskeletal abnormalities
Congenital structural abnormalities and deformities of the musculoskeletal system. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

musculoskeletal diseases
Diseases of the muscles and their associated ligaments and other connective tissue and of the bones and cartilage viewed collectively. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

musculoskeletal physiology
Functions and activities of the bones and muscles as a musculoskeletal unit or individually. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

musculoskeletal system
All the muscles, bones, and cartilages of the body collectively. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...

musculospiral groove
Synonym for groove for radial nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> The shallow groove that passes around the shaft of the humerus; it lodges the radial nerve and deep brachial artery. ... Synonym: sulcus nervi radialis, musculospiral groove, spiral groove. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculospiral nerve
Synonym for radial nerve ... <anatomy, nerve> A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans the fibres of the radial nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually c5 to t1), travel via the posterior cord of the brachial plexus, and supply motor innervation to extensor muscles of the arm and cutaneous sensory f …

musculospiral paralysis
Paralysis of the muscles of the forearm due to injury of the radial (musculospiral) nerve. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculotendinous
Relating to both muscular and tendinous tissues. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...

musculotendinous cuff
rotator cuff of shoulder ...