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muscle
n. contracting body tissue; strength; part of the body that is made up of muscles

v. exert strength, force one's way


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MUSCLE
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Muscle
Muscle (from Latin musculus "little mouse" ) is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. It is classified as skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscle, and its function is to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within internal organs. Much of muscle contraction occurs without conscious thought and is necessary for survival, like the contraction of the heart, or peristalsis (which pushes food through the digestive system). Voluntary muscle contraction is used to move the body, and can be finely controlled, like movements of the eye, or gross movements like the quadriceps muscle of the thigh. There are two broad types of voluntary muscle fibers, slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch fibers contract for long periods of time but with little force while fast twitch fibers contract quickly and powerfully but fatigue very rapidly.
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muscle (m)
n. muscle, contracting body tissue, strength, part of the body that is made up of muscles
 
musclé
adj. sinewy
 
muscler
v. develop the muscles of

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Muscle
(n.)
The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.
  
 
(n.)
See Mussel.
  
 
(n.)
Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.
  
 
(n.)
An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
  

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Muscle
Muscle is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart muscle is called "cardiac muscle." Muscle that is in the walls of arteries and bowel is called "smooth muscle."

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