muscle squelettique

Definitions of muscle squelettique
  1. noun
    a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
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    muscle pectoral
    either of two large muscles of the chest
    fessier
    any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh
    triceps
    any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)
    triceps
    the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts
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    muscle
    one of the contractile organs of the body
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