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ARTICULAR MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("articular muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "articular muscle"):

musculus articularis cubiti (a small branch of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow joint)

musculus articularis genus (the articular muscle of the knee)

Holonyms ("articular muscle" is a part of...):

articulatio; articulation; joint ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

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