The fibrous tissues that provide the facility for movement in animal bodies. Its origin is ΓÇ£musculusΓÇ¥, the Latin diminutive of ΓÇ£musΓÇ¥, which means ΓÇ£a little mouseΓÇ¥. Apparently the Romans, when dissecting, thought certain muscles resembled the shape of a mouse. Sounds unlikely.
