Muscles: Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.

Terms Related to Muscles

• Smooth Muscles

  Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with ...

• Skeletal Muscles

  Striated muscles having fibers connected at either or both extremities with the bony framework of the body. These are found in appendicular and axial muscles. ...

• Respiratory Muscles

  These include the muscles of the DIAPHRAGM and the INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES.

• Hyperkinetic Movement

  Excessive movement of muscles of the body as a whole, which may be associated with organic or psychological disorders.

• Cardiac Muscles

  The muscle tissue of the HEART composed of striated, involuntary muscle known as cardiac muscle.

• Contractile Proteins

  Proteins which participate in contractile processes. They include MUSCLE PROTEINS as well as those found in other cells and tissues. In the latter, these proteins ...

• Movement

  The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the ...

• Ophthalmoplegia

  Paralysis of one or more of the ocular muscles due to disorders of the eye muscles, neuromuscular junction, supporting soft tissue, tendons, or innervation to ...

• Continuous Passive Movement Therapy

  Movement of a body part initiated and maintained by a mechanical or electrical device to restore normal range of motion to joints, muscles, or tendons ...

• Oculomotor Paralysis

  Paralysis of one or more of the ocular muscles due to disorders of the eye muscles, neuromuscular junction, supporting soft tissue, tendons, or innervation to ...