skeletal muscle
noun
: striated muscle that is usually attached to the skeleton and is usually under voluntary control
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Beets also contain nitrates, which the body converts to nitric oxide and uses to help increase blood flow throughout the body and improve the efficiency of skeletal muscle contraction, Collen says.
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Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
Abnormalities in skeletal muscle myosin may result in myopathies, characterized by muscle weakness and impaired movement.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
To solve this, researchers turned the body’s own skeletal muscles into a sort of factory to produce ANP, using a specialized RNA injection to give the arm or leg muscles a set of instructions.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Ofelia Torres died last month from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer that develops in skeletal muscles.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
Abnormalities in skeletal muscle myosin may result in myopathies, characterized by muscle weakness and impaired movement.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
To solve this, researchers turned the body’s own skeletal muscles into a sort of factory to produce ANP, using a specialized RNA injection to give the arm or leg muscles a set of instructions.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Ofelia Torres died last month from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer that develops in skeletal muscles.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Skeletal muscle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeletal%20muscle. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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