Definition of Muscle system

1. Noun. The muscular system of an organism.

Exact synonyms: Muscular Structure, Musculature
Generic synonyms: System
Terms within: Muscle, Muscular Tissue, Ligament, Sinew, Tendon
Specialized synonyms: Diaphragm, Midriff, Esophagus, Gorge, Gullet, Oesophagus
Group relationships: Musculoskeletal System

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscle System

muscle relaxants
muscle relaxation
muscle repositioning
muscle resection
muscle rigidity
muscle sense
muscle serum
muscle shirt
muscle shirts
muscle sound
muscle spasm
muscle spasticity
muscle spindle
muscle spindles
muscle strain
muscle system (current term)
muscle tension headache
muscle tone
muscle tonus
muscle up
muscle weakness
muscle woman
muscle women
musclebike
musclebikes
muscleblind
muscleblinds
musclebound
musclebrain
musclebrains

Literary usage of Muscle system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"We have an ectodermal longitudinal muscle system and an ... muscle system (leaving out of sight for the present the fact that single portions of the ..."

2. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1895)
"Olfactory nerve-muscle system, whose conditions of thriving and ... The auditory nerve-muscle system and (4) the taste nerve- muscle system stand in ..."

3. Respiratory exercises in the treatment of disease: Notably of the Heart by Harry Campbell (1899)
"Weakness of the muscle-system, whether from fever, chronic wasting disease, ... Hence the advantage of a well-developed muscle-system in facilitating costal ..."

4. Internal Medicine by David Bovaird (1912)
"It is possible that it is produced by the initial contraction of the papillary muscle system. As has been shown by Hering, the papillary muscle system ..."

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