• (muscle, skeletal) Voluntary, striated muscle tissue predominantly associated with the skeleton.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• (muscle, skeletal) A subtype of striated muscle, attached by TENDONS to the SKELETON. Skeletal muscles are innervated and their movement can be consciously controlled. They are also called voluntary muscles.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• Muscles attached to bones throughout the body that allow voluntary movement to occur.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• (skeletal muscle tissue) Striated muscles that are under voluntary control of the organism. They are connected at either or both ends to a bone and are utilized for locomotion and other movements.
  NCI
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (skeletal muscle tissue) Tissue which consists of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by endomysium. Examples: Skeletal muscle tissue of biceps, Skeletal muscle tissue of diaphragm.
  Foundational Model of Anatomy
  University of Washington, 2017
• Skeletal muscle, in vertebrates, most common of the three types of muscle in the body. Skeletal muscles are attached to bones by tendons, and they produce all the movements of body parts in relation to each other. Unlike smooth muscle and cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle is under voluntary control....
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025