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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
- vertebrates:
skeletal muscle,
cardiac muscle, and
smooth muscle.
Muscle tissue gives skeletal muscles the
ability to contract.
Muscle tissue contains special contractile...
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muscle or
muscle tissue. In this
sense it can
refer to:
Skeletal muscle, the
voluntary muscle allowing conscious movement in
vertebrates Smooth muscle, the...
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Skeletal muscle (commonly
referred to as
muscle) is one of the
three types of
vertebrate muscle tissue, the
others being cardiac muscle and
smooth muscle. They...
- The
deltoid muscle is the
muscle forming the
rounded contour of the
human shoulder. It is also
known as the 'common
shoulder muscle',
particularly in...
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muscles in the
human body may be
referred to as an
oblique muscle:
Abdominal wall
Abdominal external oblique muscle Abdominal internal oblique muscle...
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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...
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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...
- A
muscle cell, also
known as a myocyte, is a
mature contractile cell in the
muscle of an animal. In
humans and
other vertebrates there are
three types:...
- A
muscle car is an American-made two-door
sports coupe with a
powerful engine,
marketed for its performance. In 1949,
General Motors introduced its 88...
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Smooth muscle is one of the
three major types of
vertebrate muscle tissue, the
others being skeletal and
cardiac muscle. It can also be
found in invertebrates...
