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Definition of Muscle system
1. Noun. The muscular system of an organism.
Generic synonyms: System
Terms within: Muscle, Muscular Tissue, Ligament, Sinew, Tendon
Specialized synonyms: Diaphragm, Midriff, Esophagus, Gorge, Gullet, Oesophagus
Group relationships: Musculoskeletal System
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscle System
Literary usage of Muscle system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"We have an ectodermal longitudinal muscle system and an ... muscle system (leaving
out of sight for the present the fact that single portions of the ..."
2. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1895)
"Olfactory nerve-muscle system, whose conditions of thriving and ... The auditory
nerve-muscle system and (4) the taste nerve- muscle system stand in ..."
3. Respiratory exercises in the treatment of disease: Notably of the Heart by Harry Campbell (1899)
"Weakness of the muscle-system, whether from fever, chronic wasting disease, ...
Hence the advantage of a well-developed muscle-system in facilitating costal ..."
4. Internal Medicine by David Bovaird (1912)
"It is possible that it is produced by the initial contraction of the papillary
muscle system. As has been shown by Hering, the papillary muscle system ..."
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