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MUSCULATURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The muscular system of an organism
Synonyms:
muscle system; muscular structure; musculature
Classified under:
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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