Mesh term Muscle, Skeletal
Browse to parent terms:Muscle, Striated
Muscles
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
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
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