musculature

[ muhs-kyuh-luh-cher, -choor ]

noun

1. the muscular system of the body or of its parts.

musculature

/ ˈmʌskjʊlətʃə /

noun

1. the arrangement of muscles in an organ or part
2. the total muscular system of an organism

Word History and Origins

Origin of musculature¹

1870–75; musculat(ion) muscular system ( muscle, -ation ) + -ure

Example Sentences

They’re all genetic in nature, but they don’t all show up in children and they don’t all affect the same musculature.

From Popular-Science

So we asked an expert what he’d recommend absolutely everyone do in the gym, even if impressive musculature isn’t their goal.

From Popular-Science

These massagers also feature nodes and balls that dig into the musculature of the lower back without touching the vertebrae.

From Popular-Science

Your musculature can get in the way of the sound everybody wants to hear—one that’s easy and free and sounds like it’s coming from a soulful place, rather than you’re manipulating it.

From Nautilus

The trunk’s intricate musculature and lack of joints “create a great diversity, complexity and precision of movement,” he says.

From Science News

These were fast enough, but nothing compared with human musculature.

From Project Gutenberg

Tail-fin thrice depth of tail-musculature, which extends beyond posterior end of tail-fin giving sword-tail appearance (Fig. 2).

From Project Gutenberg

The body is black dorsally and laterally, and bluish gray ventrally; the tail musculature is brown and stippled with darker brown.

From Project Gutenberg

The innervation was not given for the intrinsic foot musculature.

From Project Gutenberg

Howell studied only the hip and thigh musculature of the chicken.

From Project Gutenberg