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Muscle plasma Blood plasma (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood,
in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended.
Muscle plasma (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle
fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within
the sarcolemma, which on the death of the muscle
coagulates to a semisolid mass. Muscle reading
Muscle reading Mus"cle read`ing
The art of making discriminations between objects of choice,
of discovering the whereabouts of hidden objects, etc., by
inference from the involuntary movements of one whose hand
the reader holds or with whom he is otherwise in muscular
contact.
Muscle serumSerum Se"rum (s[=e]"r[u^]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. ???, Skr.
s[=a]ra curd.] (Physiol.)
(a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood,
milk, etc.
(b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin,
secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the
pericardium and peritoneum.
Blood serum, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the
clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid
portion of the blood, after removal of the blood
corpuscles and the fibrin.
Muscle serum, the thin watery fluid which separates from
the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the
watery portion of the plasma. See Muscle plasma, under
Plasma.
Serum albumin (Physiol. Chem.), an albuminous body, closely
related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous
fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum.
Serum globulin (Physiol. Chem.), paraglobulin.
Serum of milk (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion
of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat. Muscled
Muscled Mus"cled, a.
Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well
muscled.
Oblique muscle Oblique muscle (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction
oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the
associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles
of the eyeball.
Oblique narration. See Oblique speech.
Oblique planes (Dialing), planes which decline from the
zenith, or incline toward the horizon.
Oblique sailing (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she
sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,
making an oblique angle with the meridian.
Oblique speech (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,
or in a different person from that employed by the
original speaker.
Oblique sphere (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or
terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon
of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point
on the earth except the poles and the equator.
Oblique step (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the
soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the
right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now
practiced. --Wilhelm.
Oblique system of co["o]rdinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in
which the co["o]rdinate axes are oblique to each other. Scalene musclesScalene Sca*lene", a. [L. scalenus, Gr. ?: cf. F. scal[`e]ne.]
1. (Geom.)
(a) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a
triangle.
(b) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.
2. (Anat.)
(a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene
muscles.
(b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.
Scalene muscles (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three
on each side in man, extending from the cervical
vertebr[ae] to the first and second ribs.
Meaning of Muscle from wikipedia
- The
muscle cells of
skeletal muscles are much
longer than in the
other types of
muscle tissue, and are
often known as
muscle fibers. The
muscle tissue...
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muscle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
muscle is a
contractile tissue in an animal's body used
especially for movement.
Muscle or
Muscles may...
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Muscle contraction is the
activation of tension-generating
sites within muscle cells. In physiology,
muscle contraction does not
necessarily mean muscle...
- The
brachialis (brachialis anticus), also
known as the
Teichmann muscle, is a
muscle in the
upper arm that
flexes the elbow. It lies
beneath the biceps...
- A
muscle cell is also
known as a
myocyte when
referring to
either a
cardiac muscle cell (cardiomyocyte), or a
smooth muscle cell as
these are both small...
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Muscle car is a
description according to Merriam-Webster
Dictionary that came to use in 1966 for "a
group of American-made two-door
sports coupes with...
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Pectoral muscles (colloquially
referred to as "pecs") are the
muscles that
connect the
front of the
human chest with the
bones of the
upper arm and shoulder...
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upper back:
Rhomboid major muscle Rhomboid minor muscle The
large rhombus-shaped
muscle,
located under the
trapezius muscle in the
upper part of the thoracic...
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extraocular muscles, or
extrinsic ocular muscles, are the
seven extrinsic muscles of the
human eye. Six of the
extraocular muscles, the four
recti muscles, and...
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Muscle hypertrophy or
muscle building involves a
hypertrophy or
increase in size of
skeletal muscle through a
growth in size of its
component cells. Two...
