Tissue
skeletal muscle tissue
Subclass of:
Muscle, Striated;
Muscle Tissue
Definitions related to skeletal muscle:
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(muscle, skeletal) Voluntary, striated muscle tissue predominantly associated with the skeleton.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(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 HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Muscles attached to bones throughout the body that allow voluntary movement to occur.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(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 ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(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 AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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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, Inc., 2020
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