The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates...
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and an extensor unit. Smooth: muscle which makes up automatic systems (digestive system, for example) Cardiac: involuntary muscle the keeps the heart...
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This is a list of the main organ systems in the human body. Circulates blood around the body via the heart, arteries and veins, delivering oxygen and...
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Bird anatomy (redirect from Muscular system of birds)
possess a muscular pouch along the esophagus called a crop. The crop functions to both soften food and regulate its flow through the system by storing...
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Cat anatomy (redirect from Muscular system of the cat)
muscle cells so they are more likely to contract. The stomach is not only a muscular structure, it also serves a chemical function by releasing hydrochloric...
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Insect physiology (redirect from Muscular system of insects)
respiratory, muscular, endocrine and nervous systems, as well as sensory organs, temperature control, flight and molting. An insect uses its digestive system to...
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Dog anatomy (redirect from Muscular system of the dog)
chambers (the points of gas exchange) called alveoli. The presence of a muscular structure, the diaphragm, exclusive to mammals, divides the peritoneal...
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excretory system, circulatory system, urinary system, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, endocrine system, lymphatic system, nervous...
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Skeletal muscle (redirect from Muscular branches)
being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. They are part of the voluntary muscular system and typically are attached by tendons to bones of a skeleton. The skeletal...
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Equine anatomy (redirect from Equine male reproductive system)
properly-conditioned horse that is not pregnant or obese Hindquarters: the large, muscular area of the hind legs, above the stifle and behind the barrel. Can also...
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gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement...
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of muscular system Cervical part of muscular system Dorsal part of muscular system Thoracic part of muscular system Abdominal part of muscular system Pelvic...
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Muscle (redirect from Muscular tissue)
system. Reflexes are a form of non-conscious activation of skeletal muscles, but nonetheless arise through activation of the central nervous system,...
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Neuromuscular disease (redirect from Muscular system disorders)
bacterial toxins cause increased or decreased muscle tone, respectively. Muscular dystrophies, including Duchenne's and Becker's, are a large group of diseases...
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Scallop (section Muscular system)
pedal nerves which control the movement of, and sensation in, its small muscular foot.: pp. 43–47 Scallops have a large number (up to 200) of small (about...
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List of autoimmune diseases (section Muscular system)
conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed...
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penetrated by the regrowing nerves. Medicine portal Circulatory system Digestive system Muscular system Sentience Tortora, G.J.; Derrickson, B. (2016). Principles...
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Muscle hypertrophy (redirect from Muscular hypertrophy)
training) causes neural and muscular adaptations which increase the capacity of an athlete to exert force through voluntary muscular contraction: After an initial...
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MUSCULAR (DS-200B), located in the United Kingdom, is the name of a surveillance program jointly operated by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters...
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internal stimulus is often the first component of a homeostatic control system. External stimuli are capable of producing systemic responses throughout...
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systems: visual system, auditory system, olfactory system, gustatory system, somatosensory system, vestibular system. Muscular system: allows for manipulation...
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Andreas Vesalius (section Muscular system)
original findings. One of Vesalius' contributions to the study of the muscular system is the illustrations that accompany the text in De fabrica, which would...
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instance, the digestive system, urinary system, and muscular system. The abdominal cavity contains most organs of the digestive system, including the stomach...
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Haemophilia B (factor IX) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy X-linked agammaglobulinaemia X-linked ichythyosis Becker muscular dystrophy Non-specific X-linked mental...
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List of skeletal muscles of the human body (category Muscular system)
PMID 15280152. S2CID 7926940. "Agonist and antagonist muscle pairs - Muscular system - OCR - GCSE Physical Education Revision - OCR". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved...
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Sphincter (category Muscular system)
Look up sphincter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sphincter is a circular muscle that normally maintains constriction of a natural body passage or...
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Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown...
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Human body (redirect from The Body System)
calcium and phosphate. This system can be split up into the muscular system and the skeletal system. Nervous system The nervous system consists of the body's...
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Organ (biology) (redirect from Organic system)
for the musculoskeletal system because of the relationship between the muscular and skeletal systems. Cardiovascular system: pumping and channeling blood...
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Muscle contracture (category Muscular system)
contractures can occur for many reasons, such as paralysis, muscular atrophy, and forms of muscular dystrophy. Fundamentally, the muscle and its tendons shorten...
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