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# musculature

«musculature» in Mova's school dictionary: **All the muscles of a body or of one part of the body, and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (musculature, musculatures — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, science) All the muscles of a body or of one part of the body, and the way they are arranged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A science and medical word used in biology and PE ("the musculature of the leg"), in art (drawing the musculature of a horse) and in describing athletes. In everyday talk people say "muscles".

### examples

- The musculature of a cheetah is built for speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x1)
- The poster showed the musculature of the human arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x2)
- Gymnasts develop strong upper-body musculature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x3)
- The artist studied horse musculature to paint them well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x4)
- A snake's musculature lets it move without legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x5)
- The doctor checked the musculature of his injured shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x6)
- Our heart's musculature never rests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/#x7)

### note

Formal; the everyday word is "muscles". Pronounced "MUS-kyuh-luh-cher". Spelling: musc-ul-ature, from "muscle".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «musculature» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/musculature/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.