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 |
pharyngeal reflex gag reflex | normal reflex consisting of retching, may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth |
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 |
pharyngeal vein vena pharyngeus | veins from the pharyngeal plexus that empty into the internal jugular vein |
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 |
pharyngeal tonsil adenoid Luschka's tonsil third tonsil tonsilla pharyngealis tonsilla adenoidea | a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx), hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids, enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children |
throat pharynx | the passage to the stomach and lungs, in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone |
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 |
serratus serratus muscles | any of several muscles of the trunk |
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 |
abdominal abdominal muscle ab | the muscles of the abdomen |
external oblique muscle musculus obliquus externus abdominis abdominal external oblique muscle oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso |
transversus abdominis muscle transverse muscle of abdomen musculus transversalis abdominis transversus abdominis | a flat muscle with transverse fibers that forms the anterior and lateral walls of the abdominal cavity |
gluteus gluteus muscle gluteal muscle glute | any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh |
sphincter anatomical sphincter sphincter muscle | a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening |