noun
striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily
• Hypernyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑striated muscle
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noun : muscle under voluntary control : striated muscle
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Anat.
muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
[1780-90]
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voluntary muscle noun
A muscle, or muscular tissue, that is controlled by the will
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Main Entry: ↑voluntary
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voluntary muscle,
= striated muscle. (Cf. ↑striated muscle)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.