Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

striated muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
stri-at-ed -mus-cle
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Muscle tissue that appears striped under the microscope as a result of the myofibrils being organized into regular units (sarcomeres).

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

striated muscles (plural)

Synonyms

striped muscle skeletal muscle

Antonyms

smooth muscle

Questions

What does striated muscle mean?
Muscle tissue that appears striped under the microscope as a result of the myofibrils being organized into regular units (sarcomeres).

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