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Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four
basic types of
animal tissue.
Muscle tissue gives skeletal muscles the
ability to contract.
Muscle is formed...
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Skeletal muscle (commonly
referred to as
muscle) is one of the
three types of
vertebrate muscle tissue, the
other being cardiac muscle and
smooth muscle. They...
- The
gluteal muscles,
often called glutes, are a
group of
three muscles which make up the
gluteal region commonly known as the buttocks: the
gluteus maximus...
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Muscle contraction is the
activation of tension-generating
sites within muscle cells. In physiology,
muscle contraction does not
necessarily mean muscle...
- A
muscle cell, also
known as a myocyte, is a
mature contractile cell in the
muscle of an animal. In
humans and
other vertebrates there are
three types:...
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deltoid muscle is the
muscle[citation needed]
forming the
rounded contour of the
human shoulder. It is also
known as the 'common
shoulder muscle', particularly...
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myalgia (
muscle pain),
shortness of breath,
fasciculations (
muscle twitching),
myokymia (
muscle trembling), and
muscle cramps during exercise;
muscle soreness...
- A
muscle car is an American-made two-door
sports coupe with a
powerful engine,
generally designed for high-performance driving. In 1949,
General Motors...
- In
humans and some
other mammals, the
soleus is a
powerful muscle in the back part of the
lower leg (the calf). It runs from just
below the knee to the...
- one antagonist. PAMs were
first developed (under the name of
McKibben
Artificial Muscles) in the 1950s for use in
artificial limbs. The
Bridgestone rubber...
