| MCBM | muscle capillary basement membrane |
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| MCD | magnetic circular dichroism; mast-cell degranulation; mean cell diameter; mean of consecutive differ... |
| MCH | Maternal and Child Health; mean corpuscular hemoglobin; muscle contraction headache |
| MCI | mean cardiac index; methicillin; mucociliary insufficiency; muscle contraction interference |
| MEB | Medical Evaluation Board; muscle-eye-brain [disease] |
| muscle of antitragus | <anatomy> A band of transverse muscular fibres on the outer surface of the antitragus, arising from the border of the intertragic notch and inserted into the anthelix and cauda helicis. Synonym: musculus antitragicus, muscle of antitragus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| muscle of heart | muscle |
| muscle of notch of helix | An occasional muscle on the cranial surface of the auricle spanning the antitragohelicine fissure. Synonym: musculus incisurae helicis, musculus intertragicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle of tragus | <anatomy> A band of vertical muscular fibres on the outer surface of the tragus of the ear. Synonym: musculus tragicus, muscle of tragus, Valsalva's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle of uvula | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, posterior nasal spine; insertion, forms chief bulk of the uvula; action, raises the uvula; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus. Synonym: musculus uvulae, muscle of uvula, musculus azygos uvulae, palatouvularis muscle, uvularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle phosphorylase deficiency | Type V glycogen storage disease, affecting muscle, caused by deficiency of muscle phosphorylase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle plasma | An alkaline fluid in muscle that is spontaneously coagulable, separating into myosin and muscle serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle plate | <anatomy> A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma. One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves. The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate. See: Myotomy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muscle proteins | The protein constituents of muscle, the major ones being actins and myosin. More than a dozen accessary proteins exist including troponin, tropomyosin, and dystrophin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| muscle relaxant | <pharmacology> An agent that specifically AIDS in reducing muscle tension, as those acting at the polysynaptic neurons of motor nerves (for example meprobamate) or at the myoneural junction (curare and related compounds). Origin: L. Relaxare = to loosen (18 Nov 1997) |
| muscle relaxants, central | A heterogeneous group of drugs used to produce muscle relaxation, excepting the neuromuscular blocking agents. They have their primary clinical and therapeutic uses in the treatment of muscle spasm and immobility associated with strains, sprains, and injuries of the back and, to a lesser degree, injuries to the neck. They have been used also for the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions that have in common only the presence of skeletal muscle hyperactivity, for example, the muscle spasms that can occur in multiple sclerosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| muscle relaxation | That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position. (12 Dec 1998) |
| muscle repositioning | The surgical replacement of a muscle attachment into a more functional position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle resection | Shortening of the tendon of the ocular muscle in strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| muscle rigidity | Continuous tonic contraction of skeletal muscle. (12 Dec 1998) |