Converse of object

• ache: I was feeling very tired again in training, with heavy, aching muscles.

• relax: According to Dr. Bradley, I was supposed to relax every muscle in my body.

• strengthen: Nicotine strengthens the muscle that keeps the bladder shut.

• striate: The following sections will illustrate how Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ are involved in striated muscle 's structures and functions.

Adjective modifier

• skeletal: Effect of swimming on reinnervation of rat skeletal muscle.

• pelvic: Exercising your pelvic floor muscle is a great way to work your pelvic girdle.

• abdominal: Breathe in deeply by allowing your abdominal muscles to expand outwards.

• facial: The permanent muscle tone present in many facial muscles make the creases look like deep furrows.

• smooth: Brain cells can give rise to all previous cells types including the peripheral nervous system and smooth muscle.

Modifies a noun

• spasm: She came to us near death with muscle spasms from a tetanus infection in the surgical site.

• relaxant: Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant used for the relief of chronic muscle spasm or spasticity.

• contraction: Calcium ions activate the system of sliding protein filaments which is responsible for muscle contraction.

• fiber: The collateral sprouts to some muscle fibers will degenerate.

• weakness: Rarely people can get: Muscle pain, muscle tenderness, muscle weakness.

• glycogen: Restored muscle glycogen concentrations mean greater work capacity in your next workout [ 9 ] .

Noun used with modifier

• calf: An estimation of the bulk of the calf muscle was made using a tape measure.

• quadriceps: Another cause is a weakness in the quadriceps muscles alone.

• thigh: Squeeze the left thigh muscles to force blood from branches of the iliac artery up the main vessel.

• extensor: For measuring explosive power & efficiency in the lower limb extensor muscles.

• fast-twitch: The perfect Olympic sprinter has legs bursting with fast-twitch muscle fibers that work without much oxygen.