- skeletal muscle
- noun Date: 1877 striated muscle that is usually attached to the skeleton and is usually under voluntary control
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skeletal muscle
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Skeletal muscle — is a type of striated muscle, which usually attaches to tendons. Skeletal muscles are used to create movement, by applying force to bones and joints; via contraction. They generally contract voluntarily (via somatic nerve stimulation), although… … Wikipedia
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. * … Medical dictionary
Skeletal-muscle pump — The skeletal muscle pump is a collection of skeletal muscles that aid the heart in the circulation of blood. It is especially important in increasing venous return to the heart, but may also play a role in arterial blood flow.Venous returnDuring… … Wikipedia
skeletal 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 • Syn: ↑striated muscle • Hypernyms: ↑muscle, ↑musculus • Hyponyms: ↑voluntary muscle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
skeletal muscle — noun The voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion … Wiktionary
skeletal muscle — 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 … Dictionary of molecular biology
skeletal muscle — noun another term for striated muscle … English new terms dictionary
skeletal muscle — see striated muscle … The new mediacal dictionary
skeletal muscle — skel′etal mus cle n. anat. voluntary muscle … From formal English to slang
Connective tissue in skeletal muscle — Each skeletal muscle consists of two kinds of tissue: connective tissue, and muscle tissue. Connective tissue of skeletal muscle contains: Layers of connective tissue Tendon, and sometimes aponeurosis The layers of connective tissue have a major… … Wikipedia
