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    MUSCLE SYSTEM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The muscular system of an organismplay

    Synonyms:

    muscle system; muscular structure; musculature

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("muscle system" is a kind of...):

    system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

    Meronyms (parts of "muscle system"):

    muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)

    ligament (a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs)

    sinew; tendon (a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscle system"):

    diaphragm; midriff ((anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration)

    esophagus; gorge; gullet; oesophagus (the passage between the pharynx and the stomach)

    Holonyms ("muscle system" is a part of...):

    musculoskeletal system (the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form)

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