Concept information
Preferred term
Muscle, Skeletal
Type
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Definition
- 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.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Abdominal Muscles
- Back Muscles
- Deltoid Muscle
- Facial Muscles
- Gracilis Muscle
- Hamstring Muscles
- Laryngeal Muscles
- Masticatory Muscles
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
- Muscle Spindles
- Neck Muscles
- Oculomotor Muscles
- Palatal Muscles
- Pectoralis Muscles
- Pharyngeal Muscles
- Psoas Muscles
- Quadriceps Muscle
- Respiratory Muscles
- Rotator Cuff
- Stapedius
- Tensor Tympani
Synonym(s)
- Muscle, Voluntary
- Skeletal Muscle
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- abnormalities (Qualifier)
- anatomy & histology (Qualifier)
- blood supply (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- diagnostic imaging (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- injuries (Qualifier)
- innervation (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- physiopathology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- transplantation (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Muscle squelettique
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Muscle strié squelettique
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Muscle volontaire
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TX8Q1V8G-D
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