Concept information
Preferred term
Muscle, Skeletal
Type
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Topical Descriptor
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
Entry terms
- Muscles, Voluntary
- Muscle, Voluntary
- Skeletal Muscle
- Voluntary Muscle
- Voluntary Muscles
Note
- /growth: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 95
In other languages
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Finnish
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juovainen lihaskudos
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juovikas lihaskudos
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luurankolihas
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luustolihas
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musculus skeleti
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poikkijuovainen lihaskudos
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Swedish
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Fotsulemuskeln
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Främre skenbensmuskeln
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Gastrocnemius muskeln
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Musculus plantaris
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Musculus soleus
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Musculus tibialis anterior
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Skelettmuskler
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Soleus muskeln
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Yttre vadmuskeln
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018482
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