myology
English
Etymology
From myo- + -logy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mʌɪˈɒlədʒi/
Noun
myology (uncountable)
- (anatomy) The physiological study of muscles.
- 2000, M. Yabe, V. G. Sideleva, Myological peculiarities of the comephoridae: an endeimc fish taxon in Lake Baikal (Pisces: Teleostei), K. Minoura (editor), Lake Baikal: A Mirror in Time and Space for Understanding Global Change Processes, page 306,
- Examination of the myology of the Comephoridae, an endemic fish family in Lake Baikal, has revealed their morphological peculiarities.
- 2003, Christian de Muizon, Christine Argot, Chapter 4: Comparative anatomy of the Tiupampa didelphimorphs; an approach to locomotory habits of early marsupials, Menna Jones, Mike Archer, Chris Dickman (editors), Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, page 61,
- Given this, there is an urgent need for detailed compared behavioural and anatomical studies of dasyurids, especially focused on osteology, myology and arthrology.
- 2008, Betty Harper Fussell, Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef, page 210,
- He greets me as if I'd been waiting all my life to learn the secrets of Bovine Myology and Muscle Profiling.
- 2000, M. Yabe, V. G. Sideleva, Myological peculiarities of the comephoridae: an endeimc fish taxon in Lake Baikal (Pisces: Teleostei), K. Minoura (editor), Lake Baikal: A Mirror in Time and Space for Understanding Global Change Processes, page 306,
Related terms
- myologic
- myological
- myologist
See also
- myotomy