1. a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes; [syn: skeletal muscle, striated muscle]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
skeletal muscle
n 1: a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone
and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is
characterized by transverse stripes [syn: skeletal
muscle, striated muscle]