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Search Results for: extrinsic muscles

Definition noun A group of muscles lying superficially on a structure, in contrast to intrinsic muscles, which are located... Read More

Definition noun A group of muscles located within or situated deeper in a structure, in contrast to extrinsic muscles... Read More

Definition noun, plural: tongues (anatomy) The flexible muscular organ situated in the floor of the oral cavity; it is... Read More

Extrinsic 1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic... Read More

Blood Blood is composed of a liquid, plasma, and blood cells such as erythrocytes (red blood cells,) leukocytes (white... Read More

Appendages of eye --> accessory organs of the eye The eyelids, with lashes and eyebrows, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctival... Read More

Selectively Permeable Membrane Definition We can define selectively permeable membranes as those that are selectively... Read More

Mitochondrion Definition What are mitochondria? The term “mitochondrion” comes from the two words of the Greek... Read More