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The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.

g at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison.

A muscle which raises any part.

An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc. -- Er`go*graph"ic (#), a.

Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).

Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.

to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.

A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

y of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.

Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of…

tely beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.

ch the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

mpact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

nt of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh. Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor. -- Flac"cid*ly, adv. -- Flac"cid*ness, n.

The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.

The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. "Gelastic muscles." Sir T. Browne.