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skeletal muscle

skeletal muscle noun: the voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion.

Noun

skeletal muscle (countable and uncountable, plural skeletal muscles)

  1. The voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion.

skeletal muscle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Tagalog

skeletal muscle in Hindi

muscle of vertebrates
ऐच्छिक मांसपेशी aicchik mānspeśī, कंकाल मांसपेशी kaṅkāl mānspeśī, रेखित मांसपेशी rekhit mānspeśī

skeletal muscle in Tamil

எலும்புத்தசை

skeletal muscle in Telugu

muscle of vertebrates
అస్థి కండరము asthi kaṇḍaramu

skeletal muscle in Tagalog

muscle of vertebrates
kalansaying kalamnan
More languagesFewer languages
skeletal muscle in Indonesian
otot lurik, otot rangka
skeletal muscle in Thai
กล้ามเนื้อโครงร่าง glâam-nʉ́ʉa-kroong-râang
skeletal muscle in Vietnamese
cơ xương

Forms of skeletal muscle

pluralskeletal muscles

Questions about skeletal muscle

What does skeletal muscle mean?
Skeletal muscle means the voluntary muscle of vertebrates, which is striated and anchored by tendons to bone and is used to effect skeletal movement such as locomotion.
What is skeletal muscle in Hindi?
Skeletal muscle in Hindi is ऐच्छिक मांसपेशी (aicchik mānspeśī), कंकाल मांसपेशी (kaṅkāl mānspeśī), रेखित मांसपेशी (rekhit mānspeśī). See Skeletal muscle meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is skeletal muscle?
Skeletal muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of skeletal muscle?
The plural of skeletal muscle is skeletal muscles.

Words near skeletal muscle in the dictionary

  1. skeletal
  2. skeletal eroding band
  3. skeletal formula
  4. skeletal formulae
  5. skeletal formulas
  6. skeletal muscle
  7. skeletal muscles
  8. skeletalism
  9. skeletality
  10. skeletalization
  11. skeletalize

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