Meaning & use
striated muscle
Muscle tissue with a banded, striped appearance under a microscope, including skeletal and cardiac muscle.
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Striated muscle contracts quickly and is largely under voluntary control in the skeleton.
The biology textbook compared striated muscle fibers with the smoother tissue found in the intestines.
A note on using this word
Contrasted with 'smooth muscle,' which lacks the striped pattern and controls involuntary functions.
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