striped muscle

striated muscle

noun

a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached: Also called: skeletal muscle Compare smooth muscle

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How to use striped muscle in a sentence

The muscles of the limbs are made up of striped muscle-cells; those of the stomach, etc., of unstriped cells.
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Now, can you tell me whether each spine has likewise an oblique unstriped or striped muscle, as figured by Lister?
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Only the striped muscle (that of the heart excepted) contains Trichin.
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