Myology is the study of the muscular system, including the study of the structure, function and
diseases of
muscle.
The muscular system consists of
skeletal muscle, which contracts to move or position parts of the body (e.g., the bones that articulate at joints),
smooth
Smooth may refer to:
Mathematics
* Smooth function, a function that is infinitely differentiable; used in calculus and topology
* Smooth manifold, a differentiable manifold for which all the transition maps are smooth functions
* Smooth algebrai ...
and
cardiac muscle
Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle, myocardium, cardiomyocytes and cardiac myocytes) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. It is an involuntary, striated muscle th ...
that propels, expels or controls the flow of fluids and contained substance.
See also
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Myotomy
Myotomy is a List of surgical procedures, surgical procedure in which muscle is cut. A common example of a myotomy is the Heller myotomy.
See also
* List of surgeries by type References
Surgical procedures and techniques
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Oral myology
References
External links
British Myology Society
Physiology
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