| muscular pulley | A fibrous loop through which the tendon of a muscle passes; the intermediate tendon of the digastric and omohyoid muscles pass through such a trochlea. Synonym: trochlea muscularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| muscular reflex | Tonic contraction of the muscles in response to a stretching force, due to stimulation of muscle proprioceptors. Synonym: Liddell-Sherrington reflex, muscular reflex, stretch reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular rheumatism | <pathology> A disorder characterised by muscle pain, stiffness and easy fatigability. The cause is unknown and an estimated 3 million Americans are affected. (27 Sep 1997) |
| muscular sense | The sensation felt in muscle when it is contracting; awareness of movement or activity in muscles or joints; sense of position or movement mediated in large part by the posterior columns and medial lemniscus. See: bathyesthesia. Synonym: deep sensibility, kinesthetic sense, mesoblastic sensibility, muscular sense, myoesthesis, myoesthesia. Origin: G. Mys, muscle, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular subaortic stenosis | <cardiology> A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular outflow obstruction (subaortic stenosis) and eventual cardiomyopathy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| muscular substance of prostate | The smooth muscle in the stroma of the prostate. Synonym: substantia muscularis prostatae, musculus prostaticus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular system | All the muscles of the body collectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular tissue | A tissue characterised by the ability to contract upon stimulation; its three varieties are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. See: muscle. Synonym: flesh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular triangle | The triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and the anterior midline of the neck; the infrahyoid muscles occupy most of it. Synonym: trigonum musculare, trigonum omotracheale, inferior carotid triangle, omotracheal triangle, tracheal triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular trophoneurosis | A serious neurologic disease that results from the progressive degeneration of the motor neurons. (27 Sep 1997) |
| muscular tunic of gallbladder | Muscular tunic of the gallbladder, consisting of layers of smooth muscle fibres coursing in various directions immediately external to the mucosa of the gallbladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscular tunics | See: muscular coat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscularis | The muscular coat of a hollow organ or tubular structure. Origin: Mod. L. Muscular (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscularis mucosae | The thin layer of smooth muscle found in most parts of the digestive tube located outside the lamina propria mucosae and adjacent to the tela submucosa. Synonym: lamina muscularis mucosae, muscular layer of mucosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscularity | The state or quality of being muscular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Musculocutaneous Nerves, Nerve, Musculocutaneous, Nerves, Musculocutaneous
Synonyms : Abnormalities, Musculoskeletal, Abnormality, Musculoskeletal, Musculoskeletal Abnormality
Synonyms : Musculoskeletal System Development, Development, Musculoskeletal, Development, Musculoskeletal System, System Development, Musculoskeletal
Synonyms : Disease, Musculoskeletal, Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Musculoskeletal Disease
Synonyms : Balance, Postural, Postural Balance, Postural Equilibrium, Equilibrium, Musculoskeletal, Equilibrium, Postural
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| musical murmur |
a cardiac murmur, usually systolic, resulting when the responsible vibrations have a periodic harmonic pattern.
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| MUS | any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib |
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| MUS | muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage |
| MUS | skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward |
| MUS | the sphincter muscle of the anus |
| MUS | an external ring of striated muscle surrounding the anus |
| MUS | an internal ring of smooth muscle formed by circular fibers of the rectum |
| MUS | the smooth muscle sphincter of the common bile duct |
| MUS | the smooth muscle sphincter of the main pancreatic duct |
| MUS | a ring of smooth muscle surrounding the iris |
| MUS | the sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum |
| MUS | a striated sphincter muscle that constricts the urethra |
| MUS | the sphincter muscle of the urinary bladder |