張筋

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 5
きん
Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

(stretching) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin tensor

Noun

(ちょう)(きん) (chōkin

  1. (anatomy) a tensor
    Antonym: 収縮筋 (shūshukukin)
    Hyponyms: 口蓋帆張筋 (kōgaihan chōkin), 鼓膜張筋 (komaku chōkin), 大腿筋膜張筋 (daitai kinmaku chōkin)
    Coordinate terms: 回外筋 (kaigaikin), 回旋筋 (kaisenkin), 外転筋 (gaitenkin), 回内筋 (kainaikin), 下制筋 (kaseikin), 挙筋 (kyokin), 屈筋 (kukkin), 散大筋 (sandaikin), 伸筋 (shinkin), 内転筋 (naitenkin)