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Ecorche :: Ecorche (n.) A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study..

Perimysium :: Perimysium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers..

Tensility :: Tensility (n.) The quality or state of being tensile, or capable of extension; tensibility; as, the tensility of the muscles..

Syringin :: Syringeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle..

Ejaculator :: Ejaculator (n.) A muscle which helps ejaculation.

Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion..

Interseptal :: Interseptal (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle..

Myotomy :: Myotomy (n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles..

Straddled :: Strabotomy (n.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball.

Irritability :: Irritability (n.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contracti

Strain :: Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle..

Muscle :: Muscle (n.) See Mussel.

Sprain :: Sprain (v. t.) To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle..

Epicranial :: Epicranial (a.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

Masseter :: Masseter (n.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication..

Laugh :: Laugh (v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter..

Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.

Myopathia :: Myopathia (n.) Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.

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