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striated muscle

striated muscle

1 4.4
A type of body tissue with light and dark stripes that moves bones when you want
  • noun
  • /ˈstraɪ.eɪ.tɪd ˈmʌs.əl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : músculo estriado
  • When lifting weights, the body relies heavily on its striated muscles for producing powerful, voluntary contractions.
  • relaxation of striated muscle
  • voluntary control of striated muscles

Examples

  • So this is the main striated muscle fiber, OK?

  • A mass of glistening striated muscle.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Rhabdomyoma is a rare tumor originating in striated muscle, most commonly in the heart.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Seldom, muscle weakness can also involve the oropharyngeal muscles and the striated muscle of the upper third of the esophagus.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Muscle tissue is an extremely well-vascularized, aerobic tissue composed of parallel, non-branching striated muscle cells.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The athlete trained hard to build his strength and improve the control of his striated muscle movements.

  • During the anatomy class, we studied the striated muscle tissue that allows for movement in the human skeleton.

Synonyms

skeletal muscle
vsstriated muscle
  • Specialized
3 3.8

A body part attached to bones that pulls them to move the body, often with stripes

is the more general tissue category that includes this muscle
striated muscle tissue
vsstriated muscle
  • Specialized
1 5.6

Muscle that has visible light and dark bands, like heart and arm muscles

is limited to muscles usually attached to bones used for voluntary skeleton movement

Antonyms

smooth muscle
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Muscle in the walls of organs and blood vessels that works without thinking

Surface Forms

striated muscle singular
striated muscles plural

Morphology

striate + muscle

The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'striated' (marked by parallel/transverse stripes) + 'muscle' (body tissue that produces movement), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes muscles with visible stripes. This is a straightforward adjective+noun descriptive composition common in anatomy and cross-linguistically regular, making the phrase predictable rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

Striated muscle gets its name from the clear stripes you can see in the tissue: striated means 'striped' and the fibers show bands across them. These muscles are the ones attached to bones that move when you decide to move, so the phrase refers to the striped muscles you control.