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MUSCLE [5 records]

Record 1 2022-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Any of the striated muscles that are attached to bones and typically cross at least one joint ...

OBS

[The skeletal muscles] are under voluntary control and facilitate movement of the skeleton.

OBS

skeletal muscle; musculus skeletalis: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les muscles du squelette sont responsables des mouvements des os autour des articulations. À chacune de leurs deux extrémités, ils sont attachés à un os par un tendon; lorsqu'ils se contractent et se raccourcissent, ils déplacent les os auxquels ils sont liés. Chaque muscle est formé de cellules allongées, parallèles et cylindriques, à plusieurs noyaux : les fibres musculaires.

OBS

muscle squelettique : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

musculus skeletalis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An organ made up of fibers that contract and produce movements. The muscles of most fossils are traced by impressions made upon bones or shells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Organe ou élément d'organe formé de tissus irritables et contractiles qui assurent les fonctions du mouvement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
DEF

Tejido contráctil de los animales.

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Record 3 1997-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Animals
CONT

The major steak muscles from beef carcasses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux de ferme

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation and Interpretation
CONT

a "UN with teeth".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction et interprétation
CONT

une ONU "musclée".

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
OBS

the name of a project for the automation of field supply procedures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses

Spanish

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