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Results 1 - 10 of 192 for muscle
  1. Eye muscle repair - series (image) 
    ... the eyeball to the eye socket. The external muscles of the eye are found behind the conjunctiva. ... The extraocular muscles of the eye (external to the eyeball) control the positioning of the eyes. They coordinate of the eye ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100062_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Muscle pain (image) 
    Muscle pain is most frequently related to tension, overuse, or muscle injury from exercise or physically demanding work. Muscle aches and pains are common and can involve ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19676.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Muscle strain (image) 
    A muscle strain is the stretching or tearing of muscle fibers. A muscle strain can be caused by sports, exercise, a ... something that is too heavy. Symptoms of a muscle strain include pain, tightness, swelling, tenderness, and the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19618.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Types of muscle tissue (image) 
    The 3 types of muscle tissue are cardiac, smooth, and skeletal. Cardiac muscle cells are located in the walls of the heart, appear striped (striated), ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19841.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Muscle bruise (image) 
    A muscle bruise occurs when a direct blow from an object strikes part of the body, damaging the underlying muscle fibers and connective tissue without breaking the skin. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19675.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Groin muscles (image) 
    The groin muscles are a group of 5 muscles called the adductors. They are the adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, ... inside of the shin bone (tibia). Your groin muscles allow you to move your leg toward the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/20006.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Active vs. inactive muscle (image) 
    ... may lose 20 to 40 percent of their muscle and, along with it, their strength as they ... have found that a major reason people lose muscle is because they stop doing everyday activities that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19477.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Eye muscles (image) 
    The orbicularis oculi muscles circle the eyes and are located just under the skin. Parts of this muscle act to open and close the eyelids and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19661.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Trichinella spiralis in human muscle (image) 
    This is the parasite Trichinella spiralis in human muscle tissue. The parasite is transmitted by eating undercooked ... produce large numbers of larvae that migrate into muscle tissue. The cysts may cause muscle pain and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2638.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Muscle biopsy (image) 
    A muscle biopsy involves removal of a plug of tissue usually by a needle to be later used for ... small incision through the skin and into the muscle, so that a sample of muscle tissue can ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/8868.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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