SKELETAL MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skeletal muscle mean? 

• SKELETAL MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun SKELETAL MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SKELETAL MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKELETAL MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

skeletal muscle; striated muscle

Hypernyms ("skeletal muscle" is a kind of...):

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

Meronyms (parts of "skeletal muscle"):

head (that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves)

striated muscle cell; striated muscle fiber (an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skeletal muscle"):

axial muscle (a skeletal muscle of the trunk or head)

psoas (either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh)

rhomboid; rhomboid muscle (any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade)

soleus; soleus muscle (a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle)

splenius; splenius muscle (either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck)

peroneus (muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot)

pterygoid muscle (muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw)

biceps (any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm))

triceps (any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii))

gastrocnemius; gastrocnemius muscle (the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot)

musculus sartorius; sartorius; sartorius muscle (a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body)

musculus scalenus; scalene muscle; scalenus (any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing)

musculus sternocleidomastoideus; sternocleido mastoideus; sternocleidomastoid; sternocleidomastoid muscle (one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head)

teres; teres muscle (either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms)

musculus tibialis; tibialis; tibialis muscle (either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia; provides for movement of the foot)

cowl muscle; musculus trapezius; trapezius; trapezius muscle (either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms)

facial muscle (any of the skeletal muscles of the face)

musculus temporalis; temporal muscle; temporalis; temporalis muscle (muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws)

musculus pectoralis; pecs; pectoral; pectoral muscle; pectoralis (either of two large muscles of the chest)

abductor; abductor muscle (a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line)

adductor; adductor muscle (a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line)

anconeous muscle; musculus anconeus (the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist)

articular muscle (a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint)

extensor; extensor muscle (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)

flexor; flexor muscle (a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint)

deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus (a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm)

serratus; serratus muscles (any of several muscles of the trunk)

voluntary muscle (striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily)

intercostal; intercostal muscle; musculus intercostalis (muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration)

depressor; depressor muscle (any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down)

ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle (the muscles of the abdomen)

lat; latissimus dorsi (a broad flat muscle on either side of the back)

glute; gluteal muscle; gluteus; gluteus muscle (any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh)

musculus sphincter ani externus (an external ring of striated muscle surrounding the anus)

calf; sura (the muscular back part of the shank)

 Context examples 

Only a small percentage of tumors arise in the skeletal muscle of the extremities.

(Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The thin skeletal muscle within the subcutaneous tissue.

(Cutaneous Trunci, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes growth/differentiation factor 8 protein, is involved in the negative regulation of skeletal muscle growth.

(MSTN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign skeletal muscle neoplasm arising from the cervix.

(Cervical Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant mesenchymal tumor with skeletal muscle differentiation arising within the myocardium.

(Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical esophageal segment composed of skeletal muscle.

(Cervical Esophagus, NCI Thesaurus)

An inherited or sporadic disorder affecting the skeletal muscles.

(Myofibrillar Myopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

An inflammatory process affecting the skeletal muscles.

(Myositis, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant mesenchymal tumor with skeletal muscle differentiation affecting the ovaries.

(Ovarian Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive malignant mesenchymal neoplasm with skeletal muscle differentiation, occurring in adults and rarely in children.

(Pleomorphic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)