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MUSCULATURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The muscular system of an organism

Synonyms:

muscle system; muscular structure; musculature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("musculature" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "musculature"):

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 "musculature"):

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 ("musculature" 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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