Health / B2

MUSL/ˈmʌsl/

A muscle is tissue that tightens to produce movement: label the muscle; pull a muscle. Tendon connects muscle to bone; bone is the hard tissue. Label it, not the bone beside it. Informal: muscle in (force your way in). Mix-up: mussel is a shellfish; musical is of music (next entries). Do not write muscle for a mussel in food tech.

Meaning

Tissue in the body that can tighten to produce movement.

Examples

• “Label the muscle on the diagram, not the bone beside it.”
• “He pulled a muscle in the fixture, which is the injury sense.”

Good to know

a muscle; muscular (adjective); pull a muscle. Contrast: tendon / bone. Trap: mussel / musical. PE and biology. Body tissue, not a shellfish.

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