Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei. Smooth muscle fibers are bound together into sheets or bundles by reticular fibers and frequently elastic nets are also abundant. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Muscles of facial expression or mimetic muscles that include the numerous muscles supplied by the facial nerve that are attached to and move the skin of the face. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
The neck muscles consist of the platysma, splenius cervicis, sternocleidomastoid(eus), longus colli, the anterior, medius, and posterior scalenes, digastric(us), stylohyoid(eus), mylohyoid(eus), geniohyoid(eus), sternohyoid(eus), omohyoid(eus), sternothyroid(eus), and thyrohyoid(eus)
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Muscle Neoplasms -- surgery : Operative techniques in orthopaedic surgical oncology / [edited by] Martin M. Malawer, James C. Wittig, Jacob Bickels
The muscles that move the eye. Included in this group are the medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior rectus, inferior rectus, inferior oblique, superior oblique, musculus orbitalis, and levator palpebrae superioris
A subtype of striated muscle, attached by TENDONS to the SKELETON. Skeletal muscles are innervated and their movement can be consciously controlled. They are also called voluntary muscles
The protein constituents of muscle, the major ones being ACTINS and MYOSINS. More than a dozen accessory proteins exist including TROPONIN; TROPOMYOSIN; and DYSTROPHIN
Muscle Relaxants, Central. : Drugs in cerebral palsy : based on a symposium held at Dallas, 24-26 November, 1963. Authors: Eric Denhoff [and others] Edited by Eric Denhoff
Muscle, Skeletal -- innervation : Buschbacher's manual of nerve conduction studies / Dinesh Kumbhare, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of oToronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lawrence Robinson, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Ralph Buschbacher, MD, Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of MEdicine, Indianapolis, Indiana