organe contractile

Definitions of organe contractile
  1. noun
    a bodily organ that contracts
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    types:
    muscle
    one of the contractile organs of the body
    muscle squelettique
    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
    sphincter
    a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening
    type of:
    organe
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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