contraction muscular contraction
muscle contraction | (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) |
| muscle muscular tissue | animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
muscular structure
musculature
muscle system | the muscular system of an organism |
muscular dystrophy
dystrophy | any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles |
| Becker muscular dystrophy | a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles, characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first, similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe, inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) |
| distal muscular dystrophy | a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in betweenandyears of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs, inheritance is autosomal dominant |
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
pseudohypertrophic dystrophy | the most common form of muscular dystrophy, inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) |
| limb-girdle muscular dystrophy | an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age, characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle, usually progresses slowly with cardiopulmonary complications in the later stages |
myotonic muscular dystrophy
myotonic dystrophy
myotonia atrophica
Steinert's disease | a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck, difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips, the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow, inheritance is autosomal dominant |
| oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy | a form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early adulthood and middle age and first affects muscles of the eyelid and throat, progresses slowly with swallowing problems common as the disease progresses, inheritance is autosomal dominant |
muscular tonus
muscle tone | normal tonicity of the muscles, exercise improves muscle tone |
mesomorphic
muscular | having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer |
| muscular | having or suggesting great physical power or force, the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony |
brawny
hefty
muscular
powerful sinewy | (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight, rugged and powerful, a hefty athlete, a muscular boxer, powerful arms |
| muscular | of or relating to or consisting of muscle, muscular contraction |