skeletal muscle 1

noundomain: body part

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

striated muscle 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

Hyponym

noun

striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily

noun

a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line

noun

a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line

noun

the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist

noun

a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint

Part_holonym

noun

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

noun

an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue