somatic muscle

  • 11muscle cell — noun an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body • Syn: ↑muscle fiber, ↑muscle fibre • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre, ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 12muscle fibre — noun an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body • Syn: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fiber • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre, ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 13somatic motor component — the system of neurons that conduct impulses to the somatic effectors (skeletal muscle) of the body …

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  • 14somatic nerves — the motor and sensory nerves that supply skeletal muscle and somatic tissues …

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  • 15somatic musculature — 1. Muscles of the body. 2. (NEMATA) Longitudinally oriented muscle cells, usually spindleshaped, containing a noncontractile portion and a contractile portion that control body movement …

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  • 16somatic senses — senses other than the special senses, including such senses as touch, pressure, pain, and temperature; kinesthesia; muscle sense; visceral sense; and sometimes sense of equilibrium …

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  • 17Sphincter ani internus muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Sphincter ani internus muscle Latin = musculus sphincter ani internus GraySubject = 120 GrayPage = 426 Caption = Coronal section through the anal canal. B. Cavity of urinary bladder V.D. Ductus deferens. S.V. Seminal vesicle …

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  • 18General somatic efferent fibers — Scheme showing structure of a typical spinal nerve. 1. Somatic efferent. 2. Somatic afferent. 3,4,5. Sympathetic efferent. 6,7. Sympathetic afferent. Gray s …

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  • 19Skeletal striated muscle — A top down view of skeletal muscle Latin textus muscularis striatus skeletalis Code TH …

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  • 20Skeletal muscle — is a type of striated muscle, which usually attaches to tendons. Skeletal muscles are used to create movement, by applying force to bones and joints; via contraction. They generally contract voluntarily (via somatic nerve stimulation), although… …

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