STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does striated muscle tissue mean? 

• STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE (noun)
  The noun STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE has 1 sense:

1. muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes

  Familiarity information: STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("striated muscle tissue" is a kind of...):

muscle; muscular tissue (animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells)

 Context examples 

The striated muscle tissue of the heart enveloped by the epicardium and the endocardium.

(Myocardium, NCI Thesaurus)

The striated muscle tissue is further subdivided into skeletal, visceral striated, and cardiac muscle.

(Muscle Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)