| 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) |
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| 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) |
| muscularize | To make muscular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| muscularly | In a muscular manner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| musculation | <anatomy> The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| musculature | The muscular apparatus of the body or of any part of it. (18 Nov 1997) |
| muscule | A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town. Origin: L. Musculus: cf. F. Muscule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| musculi | The pleural of musculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculi abdominis | Muscles forming the wall of the abdomen including rectus abdominis, external and internal oblique muscles, transversus abdominis, and quadratus abdominis. Synonym: musculi abdominis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculi arrectores pilorum | Bundles of smooth muscle fibres, attached to the deep part of the hair follicles, passing outward alongside the sebaceous glands to the papillary layer of the corium; they act to pull the hairs erect, causing "goose bumps" or "goose flesh" (cutis anserina). Synonym: musculi arrectores pilorum, arrectores pilorum, erector muscles of hairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculi bulbi | The voluntary muscles which control eye movement (27 Sep 1997) |
| musculi capitis | The muscles of expression, of mastication, and the suboccipital muscles in general. Synonym: musculi capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |