musculus

Noun
  1. One of the contractile organs of the body (synset 105296796)
    is a type of: contractile organ, contractor - a bodily organ that contracts
    subtypes:
    • skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
    • pronator - a muscle that produces or assists in pronation
    • supinator - a muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination
    • levator - a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
    • antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
    • eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball
    • rectus - any of various straight muscles
    • involuntary muscle, smooth muscle - a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
    • anatomical sphincter, sphincter, sphincter muscle - a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
    • tensor - any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
    has: muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre - an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
    same as: muscle

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