musculature

[ muhs-kyuh-luh-cher, -choo r ]

/ ˈmʌs kyə lə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /

the muscular system of the body or of its parts.

Origin of musculature

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

It would appear that rise of blood pressure tends to throw increased work upon the musculature of the arterioles.

Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: |Louis Marshall Warfield
The splanchnic layer of the head cavity gives rise to the musculature of the œsophagus.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4) |Francis Maitland Balfour
The great flexibility of attachment would certainly permit this, though unfortunately nothing is as yet known of the musculature.

The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites |Percy Edward Raymond
The bundle may be followed anteriorly until it becomes intimately mixed with the musculature of the ventricles.

Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: |Louis Marshall Warfield

Morphine relaxes all musculature, and it relaxes the muscle of the arterial walls and so disposes to hemorrhage.

The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation |Austin O'Malley

musculature

/ (ˈmʌskjʊlətʃə) /

the arrangement of muscles in an organ or part

the total muscular system of an organism

musculature

[ mŭs′kyə-lə-chur′ ]

The arrangement of the muscles in a part or in the body as a whole.