muscular system

1. The system in the body composed of muscle cells and tissues that brings about movement of an organ or body part. There are three kinds of muscle: skeletal muscle , which is attached to bones and allows the voluntary movement of limbs; smooth muscle , which is found in internal organs and aids in the involuntary movements that occur in the circulatory , digestive , excretory , reproductive , and respiratory systems ; and cardiac muscle , which forms the powerful walls of the heart .)

Example Sentences

Your muscular system is rather defective; there not being enough to furnish real strength and stamina of constitution.

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Under normal conditions of relaxation the entire muscular system exerts a slight degree of contraction.

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Like the rest of the muscular system, the muscles of the vocal organs are arranged in opposed pairs and sets.

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He can then toss his limbs about without danger, and develope the powers of his muscular system.

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In the vertebrates it mainly affects the internal organs, the skeleton, and the muscular system.

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