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.

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Levator labii superioris

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscle of the human body used in facial expression. It is a broad sheet, the origin of which extends from the side of the nose to the zygomatic bone.

Omohyoid muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscle at the front of the neck that consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. It belongs to the group of infrahyoid muscles.

Levator anguli oris

Anatomy; Muscular

A facial muscle of the mouth arising from the canine fossa, immediately below the infraorbital foramen.

Procerus

Anatomy; Muscular

A small pyramidal slip of muscle deep to the superior orbital nerve, artery and vein.

Dilator naris

Anatomy; Muscular

Part of the nasalis muscle. It is divided into posterior and anterior parts.

A paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some other animals). There are two parallel muscles, separated by a midline band of connective tissue ...

Transversus abdominis

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscle layer of the anterior and lateral abdominal wall which is deep to (layered below) the internal oblique muscle. It is thought to be a major muscle of the functional core of the human body, ...