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striated muscle

n.

Skeletal, voluntary, and cardiac muscle, distinguished from smooth muscle by transverse striations of the fibers.

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Nearby words

  1. striate,
  2. striate body,
  3. striate vein,
  4. striated,
  5. striated border,
  6. striation,
  7. striatonigral,
  8. striatum,
  9. strick,
  10. stricken
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