Muscle dartos

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• Dartos — The scrotum. (Label for Dartos is at bottom left.) …   Wikipedia

• Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …   Medical dictionary

• dartos — See d. fascia. [G. skinned or flayed, fr. dero, to skin] d. muliebris a very thin layer of smooth muscle in the integument of the labia majora; less well developed than the tunica d. of the scrotum. * * * dar·tos där .täs, därt əs n a thin layer… …   Medical dictionary

• dartos muscle — musculus dartos; the term is also used more broadly to denote the tunica dartos (q.v.) …   Medical dictionary

• dartos reflex — vermicular contractions of the dartos muscle when a cold or stroking stimulus is applied to the perineum; called also scrotal r …   Medical dictionary

• dartos — ˈdärˌtäs, rd.əs noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dartos flayed, verbal of derein to flay more at tear : a thin layer of vascular contractile tissue that contains unstriped muscle fibers but no fat and is situated beneath the skin of… …   Useful english dictionary

• tunica dartos — [TA] dartos fascia: the thin layer of subcutaneous tissue underlying the skin of the scrotum, consisting mainly of nonstriated muscle fibers (musculus dartos). Called also dartos, superficial fascia of scrotum, and dartos muscle …   Medical dictionary

• musculus dartos — [TA] dartos muscle: the nonstriated muscle fibers of the tunica dartos, the deeper layers of which help to form the septum of the scrotum. Called also dartos …   Medical dictionary

• Deep transverse perineal muscle — Muscles of the female perineum. (Transversus perinei visible at center right.) …   Wikipedia

• Sebileau's muscle — Deep fibres of the dartos tunic which pass into the scrotal septum. Named after French anatomist, Pierre Sebileau (1860 1953) …   Wikipedia