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

A thin stratum of oblique and longitudinal fibres immediately underlying the mucous membrane on the dorsum of the tongue. It arises from the submucous fibrous layer close to the epiglottis and from ...

Levator veli palatini

Anatomy; Muscular

The elevator muscle of the soft palate in the human body. During swallowing, it contracts, elevating the soft palate to help prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. The levator veli palatini ...

Hyoglossus

Anatomy; Muscular

Arising from the side of the body and from the whole length of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone, and passes almost vertically upward to enter the side of the tongue.

Rectus capitis anterior

Anatomy; Muscular

A short, flat muscle, situated immediately behind the upper part of the Longus capitis.

Splenius capitis

Anatomy; Muscular

A broad, straplike muscle in the back of the neck. It pulls on the base of the skull from vertebrae in the neck and upper thorax. The fibres of the muscle are directed upward and lateralward and are ...

Risorius

Anatomy; Muscular

Arising in the fascia over the parotid gland and, passing horizontally forward, superficial to the platysma, inserts onto the skin at the angle of the mouth. It is a narrow bundle of fibers, broadest ...

Splenius cervicis

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscle in the back of the neck. It arises by a narrow tendinous band from the spinous processes of the third to the sixth thoracic vertebrae; it is inserted, by tendinous fasciculi, into the ...