- involuntary muscle
- noun Date: 1840 muscle governing reflex functions and not under direct voluntary control; especially smooth muscle
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involuntary muscle
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Involuntary muscle — Involuntary muscles are smooth, uni nucleated, non branching muscles that are not directly controllable at will. These muscles are not as free as the voluntary muscles such as those in the arms, legs, fingers, toes etc.Cardiac muscle: a type of… … Wikipedia
involuntary muscle — n muscle governing reflex functions and not under direct voluntary control esp SMOOTH MUSCLE * * * muscle that is not under conscious control, such as the muscle of the gut, stomach, blood vessels, and heart. See also cardiac muscle, smooth… … Medical dictionary
involuntary muscle — noun a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart) • Syn: ↑smooth muscle • Hypernyms: ↑muscle, ↑musculus • Hyponyms:… … Useful english dictionary
involuntary muscle — noun Muscle that is not controlled by individual volition; cardiac muscle and smooth muscle … Wiktionary
involuntary muscle — smooth muscle … The new mediacal dictionary
Involuntary — In*vol un*ta*ry, a. [L. involuntarius. See {In } not, and {Voluntary}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not having will or the power of choice. [1913 Webster] 2. Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin … Wikipedia
muscle — Synonyms and related words: adductor, arm, beef, beefiness, biceps, brawn, brawniness, buccinator, effort, elasticity, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, exert strength, exertion, force, gemellus, gluteus maximus, hard pull, heftiness, huskiness,… … Moby Thesaurus
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Muscle reading — Muscle reading, also known as Hellstromism , Cumberlandism or contact mind reading , is a technique used by mentalists to determine the thoughts or knowledge of a subject, the effect of which tends to be perceived as a form of mind reading. The… … Wikipedia
