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Muscle: one of the contractile organs of the body
Source: WordNet 2.1
Muscle : contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.
Source: CRISP
Muscle : Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)
Muscle: Muscles are the powerhouse of the body. Muscles consist of muscle tissue made up of specialized cells called muscle fibers. Muscle tissue has the ability to contract, resulting in the contraction and movement of muscles. The contraction of muscles can be under voluntary or involuntary control, depending on their location and function. There are three types of muscles: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and smooth muscle.
Conditions that can afflict muscles include trauma, cancer, myopathy, atrophy, infectious myositis, paralysis, neuromuscular diseases, lacerations, contusions, myocarditis, myocardial infarction and cardiac arrhythmia.
The following organs are closely related to the organ: Muscle:
The following conditions are related to the organ: Muscle:
The following list contains sub-parts of the organ: Muscle:
These symptoms are related to afflictions of the organ: Muscle:
Condition count: 59 ; see list below.
Organ subtypes: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, intercostal muscles, diaphragm (2)
Organs: list of all organs
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