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muscle adductor hallucis adductor pollicis agonist agonist muscle anconeus antagonist antagonistic muscle anterior sacrococcygeal muscle arrector pili muscle buccinator bulbospongiosus muscle cardiac muscle ciliary muscle coccygeus complexus coracobrachialis cremaster cricothyroid[2,noun] deltoid[1,noun] detrusor digastric muscle dorsal interosseous muscle erector pili muscle extensor external intercostal muscle external pterygoid muscle extraocular muscle flexor flexor muscle frontalis gastrocnemius geniohyoid muscle hamstring muscle hyoglossus hypothenar muscle inferior constrictor inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle infrahyoid muscle intercostal muscle internal intercostal muscle internal pterygoid muscle interosseous muscle involuntary muscle lateral pterygoid muscle longissimus capitis medial pterygoid muscle middle constrictor middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle Muller's muscle muscle-bound muscle fiber muscle plate muscle sense muscle spasm muscle spindle muscle sugar muscle tone mylohyoid muscle myotome nonstriated muscle omohyoid muscle palmar interosseus papillary muscle pectoralis muscle pectoral muscle peroneal muscle pilomotor muscle plantar interosseus posterior sacrococcygeal muscle psoas muscle pterygoid muscle quadriceps quadriceps muscle sacrococcygeus dorsalis sacrococcygeus ventralis scalene[2,noun] skeletal muscle smooth muscle stapedius sternomastoid muscle striated muscle stylohyoid muscle subcostal muscle superficial transverse perineal muscle superior constrictor superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle suprahyoid muscle tailor's muscle temporalis temporal muscle tensor tensor tympani thenar muscle thyroarytenoid thyroarytenoid muscle thyrohyoid muscle tonus trachelomastoid muscle transverse thoracic muscle transversus perinei superficialis transversus thoracis unstriated muscle visceral muscle voluntary muscle white muscle disease

Main Entry: mus·cle
Pronunciation: ms-l
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
1 : a body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion -- see CARDIAC MUSCLE, SMOOTH MUSCLE, STRIATED MUSCLE
2 : an organ that is essentially a mass of muscle tissue attached at either end to a fixed point and that by contracting moves or checks the movement of a body part -- see AGONIST 1, ANTAGONIST a, SYNERGIST 2
[muscle illustration]