Medical Definition of Musculi arrectores pilorum

1. Bundles of smooth muscle fibres, attached to the deep part of the hair follicles, passing outward alongside the sebaceous glands to the papillary layer of the corium; they act to pull the hairs erect, causing "goose bumps" or "goose flesh" (cutis anserina). Synonym: musculi arrectores pilorum, arrectores pilorum, erector muscles of hairs. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musculi Arrectores Pilorum

muscularities
muscularity
muscularize
muscularized
muscularizes
muscularizing
muscularly
muscularness
musculation
musculations
musculature
musculatures
muscule
musculi
musculi abdominis
musculi arrectores pilorum (current term)
musculi bulbi
musculi capitis
musculi coccygei
musculi colli
musculi dorsi
musculi faciales
musculi infrahyoidei
musculi interossei
musculi interossei dorsalis manus
musculi interossei dorsalis pedis
musculi interspinales
musculi intertransversarii
musculi intertransversarii anteriores cervicis
musculi intertransversarii laterales lumborum

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