muscle

(redirected from triangular muscle)
Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Encyclopedia.
Related to triangular muscle: Infrahyoid muscles
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • all
  • noun
  • verb
  • phrase

Synonyms for muscle

muscle in

Synonyms

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for muscle

the state or quality of being physically strong

effective means of influencing, compelling, or punishing

to force one's way into a place or situation

Synonyms

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for muscle

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
The pectoralis major muscle is a broad and triangular muscle with origins on the clavicle, sternum, ribs, and external oblique fascia that acts as an adductor, flexor, and internal rotator of the humerus [1-17].
Then in quick succession, we add the smiling muscles, levator anguli oris (attaching just below the eye to lift the corners of the mouth) and the sadness muscles, levator labii superioris (Fig 4) (which deepen the nasiolabial fold when crying or being serious) and the depressor anguli oris, the disgust muscle (a triangular muscle attaching to the lower jaw at the side of the mouth) which lowers the corners of the mouth.
The deltoid is a triangular muscle composed of the anterior, medial, and posterior portions and can generate great torque at the shoulder (11), (12).
Yeah Man is a big-name casualty in the final heat after sustaining a torn triangular muscle in the opening round.
DELTOID The deltoid is a rounded, triangular muscle located on the uppermost part of the arm and the top of the shoulder.