svalový

Svalový is a Czech adjective meaning muscular or relating to muscles. It is formed from the noun sval (muscle) with the common adjectival ending -ový, and it is used to describe tissue, function, or properties connected with muscles within anatomy, physiology, and medicine.

In scientific and medical usage, svalový describes aspects of the muscular system or muscle tissue. For example, svalový tonus refers to the baseline tension of resting muscles, while svalová hmota denotes muscle mass. The term also appears in phrases like svalový systém or svalový aparát, which refer to the muscular system. The language uses gendered forms to agree with nouns: masculine svalový, feminine svalová, neuter svalové.

The term is widely used in sports science, physical therapy, and anatomy textbooks to distinguish muscular characteristics from other tissues or systems, such as nervový (nerve-related) or kosterní (skeletal). It is commonly combined with specific nouns describing function (tonus, síla), structure (hmota, tkáň), or organization (svalstvo).

Related terms include sval (muscle), svalstvo (musculature), and svalovina (muscle tissue). In Slovak, svalový is used similarly, and in English texts the equivalent translations are muscular or muscle-related, depending on context.