Category: M

A disease giving pains in the back or neck, usually caused by fibrositis or inflammation of the muscles. Any aching pain in the muscles and joints. Commonly the symptoms are due to fibrositis; wear and tear of the joints (osteoarthritis); or to inflammation of the muscles associated with abnormal immune reactions (polymyalgia rheumatica).  

A drug which relaxes the muscles.  

Muscular layer of an internal organ. A muscular layer of the wall of a hollow organ (such as the stomach) or a tubular structure (such as the intestine or ureter). The muscularis mucosae is the muscular layer of a mucous membrane complex, especially that of the stomach or intestine.  

A disorder which affects the muscles, e.g. cramp or strain.  

A rigidity of muscles associated with inflammation such as peritonitis.  

A branch of a nerve to a muscle carrying efferent impulses to produce contraction.  

A condition in which the muscles lose weight and become thin. Conversion of muscle protein into energy; this conversion removes protein from muscles and weakens them.  

The specialized type of tissue which forms the muscles and which can contract and expand. Tissue that contracts and moves various parts of the body.  

A component fibre of muscles.  

One of two layers of muscle forming part of the lining of the intestine.