muscle meaning

[ˈmʌs.əl]

[-ʌsəl]

WMuscle

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals. Muscle cells contain protein filaments of actin and myosin that slide past one another, producing a contraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cell.
Muscle tissues are derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells in a process known as myogenesis. There are three types of muscle, skeletal or striated, cardiac, and smooth.
Muscles are predominantly powered by the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates, but anaerobic chemical reactions are also used, particularly by fast twitch fibers.

Definition of muscle in English Dictionary

NounPLmuscles
1. (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
  1. Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
VerbSGmusclesPRmusclingPT, PPmuscled
1. To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
  1. He muscled his way through the crowd.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - Pax3 and Pax7 are paired box transcription factors that contribute to early striated muscle development and are expressed in the dermatomyotome of paraxial mesoderm.
  - In a small number of horses, muscle weakness may progress to paralysis. ‎
  - T3 is a tumor invading perivesical fat or abdominal wall muscle (in cases of extravesical urachal tumors).
2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
  - Muscle bundles run both parallel and perpendicular to the dermal surfaces of the fin (as seen in Fig 3 ), but only bundles running parallel to the dermal surface showed colabeling.
3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - Deconditioning due to decreased physical effort results in muscle loss, including heart muscles.
  - Such mechanism of myorelaxant activity of imperatorin was also suggested in regard to vascular smooth muscle.
  - Besides Slit2 , several other secretable factors were found lower in ACTA1- Ctnnb1 −/− muscles.