Voluntary muscle
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Striped or Voluntary Muscle."Striped or voluntary muscle is composed of bundles of fibers each enclosed in a delicate web called the perimysium in contradistinction to the sheath of areolar tissue which invests the entire muscle, ...
Skeletal muscle or "voluntary muscle" is anchored by tendons to bone and is used to affect skeletal movement such as locomotion and in maintaining posture.
See twitch muscle, catch muscle: cardiac muscle (heart muscle) is a striated but involuntary muscle responsible for the pumping activity of the vertebrate heart.
The lymph fluid moves through the vessels as you move the voluntary muscles in your body. Ever go on a plane and have your feet swell up? Because you are sitting in one place and not moving around, fluid collects in your feet and they swell.
Maintaining autonomic functions such as heartbeat, breathing, control of involuntary muscle actions are performed by some of the parts of this system.
Myotonic dystrophy, one of many heritable muscular diseases, causes spasms, weakness, and wasting in voluntary muscles and often produces difficulty in relaxing muscles (myotonia).
In the absence of voluntary muscle action, the same effect is achieved by shivering.
The greater the surface-to-volume ratio of a part of the body, the faster is can transfer heat to its surroundings.
[L. from striare, to groove]
Skeletal voluntary muscle and cardiac muscle. The name derives from the striped appearance, which reflects the arrangement of contractile elements.
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myomere The muscle plate or portion of a somite that develops into voluntary muscle.
myosin A large protein of contractile tissue that forms the thick myofilaments of striated muscle. During contraction it combines with actin to form actomyosin.
skeletal muscle Muscle that is generally attached to the skeleton and causes body parts to move; consists of muscle ?bers. Voluntary muscle cells that have a striated appearance.
 See also: Muscle, Blood, Tissue, Human, Cells
  
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