musculature

mus·cu·la·ture

M0492400 (mŭs′kyə-lə-cho͝or′)n. The system or arrangement of muscles in a body or a body part.

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[French, from Latin mūsculus, muscle; see muscle.]

musculature

(ˈmʌskjʊlətʃə) n1. (Anatomy) the arrangement of muscles in an organ or part2. (Anatomy) the total muscular system of an organism

mus•cu•la•ture

(ˈmʌs kyə lə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər)

n. the muscular system of the body or its parts. [1870–75; <musculat(ion) muscular system]

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musculature - the muscular system of an organism muscle system, muscular structuresystem - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"muscular tissue, muscle - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cellsligament - a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organssinew, tendon - a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachmentdiaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respirationmusculoskeletal system - the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its formesophagus, gullet, oesophagus, gorge - the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

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muscolatura