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Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.

The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

ndons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

poplar, hemlock, etc.- In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles;-said of race horses.

or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex. My aged muscles harrowed up with whips. Rowe. I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. Shak.

easing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine. -- Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place. -- To drink a health. See under Drink.…

A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus.

Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.

A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.

Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal.

d to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin.

Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.

on which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor.

movement (Physiol.), irregularity in movements resulting from inharmonious action of the muscles in consequence of loss of voluntary control over them.

pinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated to action, as a muscle. -- In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty, n.

ubstance, which, by Hermann's hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles, during their life.

tance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.