Muscular

Muscular

The system in the body composed of muscle cells and tissues that bring about movement of an organ or part of the body.

Contributors in Muscular

Muscular

The smallest of the three muscles that attach to the coracoid process of the scapula. (The other two muscles are pectoralis minor and biceps brachii. ) It is situated at the upper and medial part of ...

anconeus muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

A small muscle on the posterior aspect of the elbow joint.

pronator teres

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscle of the human body (located mainly in the forearm) that, along with the pronator quadratus muscle, serves to pronate the forearm.

latiissimus dorsi muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

The larger, flat, dorso-lateral muscle on the trunk, posterior to the arm, and partly covered by the trapezius on its median dorsal region.

transversospinales muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

A group of muscles of the human back. Their combined action is rotation and extension of the vertebral column.

semispinalis dorsi

Anatomy; Muscular

A thin, narrow, fleshy fasciculi, interposed between tendons of considerable length.

multifidus

Anatomy; Muscular

A number of fleshy and tendinous fasciculi, which fill up the groove on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, from the sacrum to the axis. The multifidus is a very thin muscle.