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skeletal muscle (s) (noun), skeletal muscles (pl)
The largest structure that is composed of bundles of specialized cells which are capable of contractions and relaxations to create movements: "The skeletal muscles, or voluntary muscles, of the body consist of more than 600 types."

"Skeletal muscles are composed of groups of muscle fibers in a systematic arrangement."

"Movements of the skeletal muscles are controlled by the brain because each muscle fiber is supplied with a nerve ending which receives impulses from the brain."


—Compiled from information located in
The American Medical Association Home Medical Encyclopedia;
Medical Editor, Charles B. Clayman, MD; Random House; New York; 1989; pages 703-705.
This entry is located in the following unit: skeleto-, skelet-, skele- (page 1)