muscular system

Cultural  

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.)

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Example Sentences

Another implication of the findings is that sponges lost a lot of the elements of a proper nervous system and muscular system because they’re filter feeders attached to the bottom of the ocean floor.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

The CDC researchers looked at 26 conditions affecting the heart, lungs, kidneys, blood vessels, digestive system, brain and muscular system.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

He describes livestock as “a bioreactor consuming vegetation and water and using their digestive and muscular system to organize these inputs into what has traditionally been called meat”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2019

Together, the muscular system and skeletal system are known as the musculoskeletal system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

We can use our voluntary muscular system to try to suppress those involuntary responses.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell