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  2. Muscular system - Wikipedia

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    The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body. [ 1 ] The muscular systems in vertebrates are controlled through the nervous system although some muscles (such as the cardiac muscle ) can be completely autonomous.

  3. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body.

  4. Category:Muscular system - Wikipedia

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    The muscular system is the biological system of animals (including humans) that allows them to move internally and externally. The muscular system in vertebrates consists of three different types of muscles: cardiac, skeletal and smooth. Cardiac muscle is a striated muscle that makes up the heart. It is the only type of muscle consisting of ...

  5. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    ophthalmic artery, lateral muscular branch trochlear nerve [CNIV] abducts, intorts, and depress eye: right medial, superior, and inferior recti (superior and inferior oblique muscles are the synergists) 2 1 oblique, inferior: head, extraocular (left/right) orbital surface of maxilla, lateral to lacrimal groove

  6. Skeletal muscle - Wikipedia

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    Muscular, spinal and neural factors all affect muscle building. Sometimes a person may notice an increase in strength in a given muscle even though only its opposite has been subject to exercise, such as when a bodybuilder finds her left biceps stronger after completing a regimen focusing only on the right biceps.

  7. Fascial compartments of leg - Wikipedia

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    The fascial compartments of the leg are the four fascial compartments that separate and contain the muscles of the lower leg (from the knee to the ankle). The compartments are divided by septa formed from the fascia.

  8. Muscle - Wikipedia

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    Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.There are three types of muscle tissue in vertebrates: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle.

  9. Category:Musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    The musculoskeletal system is an organ system that gives animals the ability to move to more favorable conditions by using the muscles and skeletal system to engage in locomotion.