skeletal muscle
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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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | muscle, musculus, |
| definition | : | one of the contractile organs of the body (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | voluntary muscle, |
| definition | : | striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | abductor, abductor muscle, |
| definition | : | a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | articular muscle, |
| definition | : | a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | extensor, extensor muscle, |
| definition | : | a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | flexor, flexor muscle, |
| definition | : | a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lat, latissimus dorsi, |
| definition | : | a broad flat muscle on either side of the back (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | calf, sura, |
| definition | : | the muscular back part of the shank (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | gastrocnemius, gastrocnemius muscle, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | psoas, |
| definition | : | either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | rhomboid, rhomboid muscle, |
| definition | : | any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | soleus, soleus muscle, |
| definition | : | a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | splenius, splenius muscle, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | peroneus, |
| definition | : | muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | pterygoid muscle, |
| definition | : | muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | biceps, |
| definition | : | any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | triceps, |
| definition | : | any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | axial muscle, |
| definition | : | a skeletal muscle of the trunk or head (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | musculus scalenus, scalene muscle, scalenus, |
| definition | : | any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | teres, teres muscle, |
| definition | : | either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | facial muscle, |
| definition | : | any of the skeletal muscles of the face (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | head, |
| definition | : | that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves (noun.body) |
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