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noun
The voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: striated muscle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: muscle, musculus
Narrower terms: voluntary muscle, abductor, abductor muscle, adductor, adductor muscle, anconeous muscle, musculus anconeus, articular muscle, extensor muscle, extensor, flexor muscle, flexor, deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus, serratus, serratus muscles, pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis, pecs, intercostal, intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis, depressor, depressor muscle, abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab, latissimus dorsi, lat, gluteus, gluteus muscle, gluteal muscle, glute, musculus sphincter ani externus, calf, sura, gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle, psoas, rhomboid, rhomboid muscle, soleus, soleus muscle, splenius, splenius muscle, peroneus, pterygoid muscle, biceps, triceps, axial muscle, sartorius, sartorius muscle, musculus sartorius, scalenus, scalene muscle, musculus scalenus, sternocleidomastoid, sternocleidomastoid muscle, sternocleido mastoideus, musculus sternocleidomastoideus, teres, teres muscle, tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis, trapezius, trapezius muscle, cowl muscle, musculus trapezius, facial muscle, temporalis muscle, temporal muscle, temporalis, musculus temporalis
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