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muscle, musculus
one of the contractile organs of the body
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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
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pronator
a muscle that produces or assists in pronation
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supinator
a muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination
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levator
a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
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antagonistic muscle
(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
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eye muscle, ocular muscle
one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball
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rectus
any of various straight muscles
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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)
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anatomical sphincter, sphincter, sphincter muscle
a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
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tensor
any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm
