Synonyms for skeletal muscle are voluntary muscle and ________ muscle.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
striated
Skeletal, voluntary, and striated are all synonyms, referring to muscles that contract on demand and whose muscle fibers have alternating light and dark bands called striations. The term striated is derived from the Latin meaning stripe.
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