A type of muscle, attached to bones, that is responsible for skeletal movements. The peripheral portion of the central nervous system (CNS) controls the skeletal muscles. Thus, these muscles are under conscious, or voluntary, control. The basic unit is the muscle fiber with many nuclei. Skeletal mus...
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In insects, a muscle that stretches across the body wall and serves to move one segment on another.
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<anatomy, pathology> A rather non-specific term usually applied to the striated muscle of vertebrates that is under voluntary control. ... The muscle fibres are syncytial and contain myofibrils, tandem arrays of sarcomeres. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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any of the striated muscles that are attached to bones and typically cross at least one joint. They are under voluntary control and enable movements of the skeleton.
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A rather nonspecific term usually applied to the striated muscle of vertebrates that is under voluntary control. The muscle fibres are syncytial and contain myofibrils, tandem arrays of sarcomeres.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. grossly, a collection of striated voluntary muscle fibers connected at either or both extremities with the bony framework of the body; may be appendicular or axial; histologically, a muscle consisting of elongated, multinucleated, transversely striated skeletal muscle fibers together with connective tissues, blood vessels...
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Skeletal muscle: One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of the muscular tissue in the body. Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle which powers movement of the skeleton as in walking and lifting. Common Misspellings: skeletal muscel
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A specialized type of multinucleated muscle tissue that occurs in bundles, has crossbands of proteins, and contracts in either a voluntary or involuntary fashion.
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The type of muscle making up most of the muscles of movement attached to the skeleton; also known as striated muscle.
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n] - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton 2. [n] - muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes
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striated muscle noun a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
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