Muscle

mus′l, n. an animal ti ue consisting of bundles of fibres through whose contractility bodily movement is effected, the fibres of the voluntary muscles being striped, those of the involuntary (of intestinal canal, blood-ve els, and of skin) unstriped.— adj. Mus′cled , supplied with muscles.— ns. Mus′cle-read′ing , the interpretation of slight involuntary muscular movements; Mus′cling , the delineation of muscles, as in a picture; Musculā′tion , the arrangement of muscles of a body; Musculos′ity .— adj. Mus′culous , pertaining to muscle: full of muscles, strong. [Fr.,—L. musculus , dim. of mus , a mouse, a muscle.]