contraction muscular contraction
muscle contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
bodybuilding
anaerobic exercise
muscle building
musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
| major surgery | any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
| minor surgery | any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance |
variola major
variola major virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of up to percent |
variola minor
variola minor virus | a type of smallpox virus that has a fatality rate of about percent |
American woodcock
woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
sergeant major
Abudefduf saxatilis | large blue-grey black-striped damselfish, nearly worldwide |
| major suit | (bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts |
major tranquilizer
major tranquillizer
major tranquilliser
antipsychotic drug
antipsychotic agent
antipsychotic
neuroleptic drug
neuroleptic agent
neuroleptic | tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired |
| minor suit | ( bridge) a suit of inferior scoring value, either diamonds or clubs |
minor tranquilizer
minor tranquillizer
minor tranquilliser
antianxiety drug
anxiolytic
anxiolytic drug | a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability |
| muscle relaxant | a drug that reduces muscle contractility by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses or by decreasing the excitability of the motor end plate or by other actions |
brawn
brawniness
muscle
muscularity
sinew
heftiness | possessing muscular strength |
| muscle | authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way), the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign |
| muscle muscular tissue | animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
muscle
musculus | one of the contractile organs of the body |
| striated muscle tissue | muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes |
skeletal muscle
striated muscle | 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 |
| voluntary muscle | striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily |
abductor
abductor muscle | a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line |
adductor
adductor muscle | a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line |
musculus adductor magnus
great adductor muscle | the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh |
anconeous muscle
musculus anconeus | the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist |
| antagonistic muscle | (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another, the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles |
| articular muscle | a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint |
cheek muscle
buccinator muscle
musculus buccinator | a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth |
extensor muscle
extensor | a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part |
flexor muscle
flexor | a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint |
ocular muscle
eye muscle | one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball |
abducens muscle
lateral rectus muscle
lateral rectus
rectus lateralis | the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward |
inferior rectus muscle
inferior rectus
rectus inferior | the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially |
medial rectus muscle
medial rectus
rectus medialis | the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially |
superior rectus muscle
superior rectus
rectus superior | the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially |
cardiac muscle
heart muscle | the muscle tissue of the heart, adapted to continued rhythmic contraction |
| papillary muscle | any of several muscles associated with the atrioventricular valves, the papillary muscles contract during systole to prevent regurgitation of blood into the atria |
muscle cell
muscle fiber
muscle fibre | an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body |
striated muscle cell
striated muscle fiber | an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue |
| smooth muscle | muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope, has the form of thin layers or sheets |
smooth muscle
involuntary muscle | 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) |
| smooth muscle cell | cells of the smooth muscles |
muscular structure
musculature
muscle system | the muscular system of an organism |
deltoid
deltoid muscle
musculus deltoideus | a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm |
anterior serratus muscle
serratus anterior
musculus serratus anterior
serratus magnus | muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage |
posterior serratus muscle
serratus posterior
musculus serratus posterior | skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward |
pectoral
pectoral muscle
pectoralis
musculus pectoralis
pecs | either of two large muscles of the chest |
pectoralis major
musculus pectoralis major
greater pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm |
pectoralis minor
musculus pectoralis minor
smaller pectoral muscle | a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs |
intercostal
intercostal muscle
musculus intercostalis | muscles between the ribs, they contract during inspiration |
depressor
depressor muscle | any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down |