skeletal muscle
noun
: striated muscle that is usually attached to the skeleton and is usually under voluntary control
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Conventional resistance training, which is any exercise that causes muscles to contract against external resistance, improves skeletal muscle mass, strength and power.
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New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2025
In fact, in 30 of the 89 samples, at least one of the following prescription medications was present: fentanyl (which has around a hundred times the potency of morphine), carisoprodol (which is a skeletal muscle relaxant) or meprobamate, which an anti-anxiety medication.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The other pharmaceuticals found in the dolphins included carisoprodol—a skeletal muscle relaxant—and the anxiety medication meprobamate.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
But more recently, scientists have turned their attention to the inner workings of skeletal muscle cells — with one theory centering on the nucleus.
—Will Stone, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2025
In fact, in 30 of the 89 samples, at least one of the following prescription medications was present: fentanyl (which has around a hundred times the potency of morphine), carisoprodol (which is a skeletal muscle relaxant) or meprobamate, which an anti-anxiety medication.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The other pharmaceuticals found in the dolphins included carisoprodol—a skeletal muscle relaxant—and the anxiety medication meprobamate.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
But more recently, scientists have turned their attention to the inner workings of skeletal muscle cells — with one theory centering on the nucleus.
—Will Stone, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Skeletal muscle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeletal%20muscle. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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