{{Short description|Study of the muscular system}} '''Myology''' is the study of the '''muscular system''', including the study of the structure, function and diseases of muscle.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scali-Sheahan|first1=Maura|title=Milady's Standard Professional Barbering|date=2010|publisher=Cengage Learning|location=Clifton Park, N.Y.|isbn=978-1435497153|page=147|edition=5th}}</ref> The muscular system consists of skeletal muscle, which contracts to move or position parts of the body (e.g., the bones that articulate at joints), smooth and cardiac muscle that propels, expels or controls the flow of fluids and contained substance.
==See also== *{{annotated link|Myotomy}} *{{annotated link|Oral myology}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309022710/http://www.myology.org.uk/ British Myology Society]
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