articular muscle
English Thesaurus
1. a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | skeletal muscle, striated muscle, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | musculus articularis cubiti, |
| definition | : | a small branch of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow joint (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | articulatio, articulation, joint, |
| definition | : | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) (noun.body) |
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