| LDM | lactate dehydrogenase, muscle; limited dorsal myeloschisis |
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| LLD | left lateral decubitus [muscle]; leg length discrepancy; long-lasting depolarization |
| LPM | lateral pterygoid muscle; liver plasma membrane |
| LPS | lateral premotor system; levator palpebrae superioris [muscle]; linear profile scan; lipase; lipopol... |
| mAD, MADA | muscle adenylate deaminase; myoadenylate deaminase |
| rectourethral muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres that pass forward from the longitudinal muscle layer of the rectum to the membranous urethra in the male. Synonym: musculus rectourethralis, rectourethral muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| masseter muscle | <anatomy> A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rectouterine muscle | <anatomy> A band of fibrous tissue and smooth muscle fibres passing between the cervix of the uterus and the rectum in the rectouterine fold, on either side. Synonym: musculus rectouterinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectovesicalis muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres in the sacrogenital fold in the male; they correspond to rectouterinus musculus. Synonym: musculus rectovesicalis, rectovesical muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rectovesical muscle | <anatomy> Smooth muscle fibres in the sacrogenital fold in the male; they correspond to rectouterinus musculus. Synonym: musculus rectovesicalis, rectovesical muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| red muscle | Slow-twitch muscle in which small dark "red" muscle fibres predominate; myoglobin is abundant and great numbers of mitochondria occur, characterised by slow, sustained (tonic) contraction. Contrast with white muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Casser's perforated muscle | <anatomy> Relating to the coracoid process of the scapula and the arm. <muscle> Origin, coracoid process of scapula; insertion, middle of medial border of humerus; action, adducts and flexes the arm; resists downward dislocation of shoulder joint; nerve supply, musculocutaneous. See: coracobrachial bursa. Synonym: musculus coracobrachialis, Casser's perforated muscle, coracobrachial muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vestigial muscle | <anatomy> An imperfect structure in man corresponding to a functioning muscle in the lower animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catch muscle | See: adductor muscle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| visceral muscle | <anatomy, pathology, physiology> Muscle tissue in vertebrates made up from long tapering cells that may be anything from 20-500m long. Smooth muscle is generally involuntary and differs from striated muscle in the much higher actin/myosin ratio, the absence of conspicuous sarcomeres and the ability to contract to a much smaller fraction of its resting length. Smooth muscle cells are found particularly in blood vessel walls, surrounding the intestine (particularly the gizzard in birds) and in the uterus. The contractile system and its control resemble those of motile tissue cells (e.g. Fibroblasts, leucocytes) and antibodies against smooth muscle myosin will cross react with myosin from tissue cells, whereas antibodies against skeletal muscle myosin will not. See: dense bodies. (18 Nov 1997) |
| medial great muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial lip of linea aspera; insertion, tibial tuberosity by way of common tendon of quadriceps femoris and ligamentum patellae; action, extends leg; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus vastus medialis, medial great muscle, medial vastus muscle, musculus vastus internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial vastus muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial lip of linea aspera; insertion, tibial tuberosity by way of common tendon of quadriceps femoris and ligamentum patellae; action, extends leg; nerve supply, femoral. Synonym: musculus vastus medialis, medial great muscle, medial vastus muscle, musculus vastus internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectineal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, crest of pubis; insertion, pectineal line of femur; action, adducts thigh and assists in flexion; nerve supply, obturator and femoral. Synonym: musculus pectineus, pectineal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectorodorsalis muscle | <anatomy> An anomalous muscle or tendinus slip that passes across the axilla from the pectoralis major to insert with the latissimus dorsi onto the humerus. Though to be a vestige of the panniculus carnosus muscle of lower mammals. Synonym: axillary arch muscle, axillary arch, pectorodorsal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectorodorsal muscle | <anatomy> An anomalous muscle or tendinus slip that passes across the axilla from the pectoralis major to insert with the latissimus dorsi onto the humerus. Though to be a vestige of the panniculus carnosus muscle of lower mammals. Synonym: axillary arch muscle, axillary arch, pectorodorsal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |