striated muscle

English

Micrograph showing skeletal striated muscle.

Noun

striated muscle (usually uncountable, plural striated muscles)

1. Muscle tissue that appears striped under the microscope as a result of the myofibrils being organized into regular units (sarcomeres).

Synonyms

• (muscle tissue): striped muscle (dated)

Antonyms

• (muscle tissue): smooth muscle

Hyponyms

• (muscle tissue): cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle

Translations

muscle tissue that appears striped under the microscope

• French: muscle strié (fr) m
• German: quergestreifte Muskulatur f
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• Hungarian: harántcsíkolt izom
• Swedish: tvärstrimmig muskulatur (sv)

See also

• striated muscle tissue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia