Striated muscle 605851 216427617 2008-06-01T16:39:19Z NawlinWiki 301395 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/72.230.122.74|72.230.122.74]] ([[User talk:72.230.122.74|talk]]) to last version by JNW '''Striated muscle''' is a form of fibres that are separated into parallel fibres.<ref>{{Dorlands|m_22|12547787}}</ref> More specifically, it can refer to: * [[Skeletal muscle]] * [[Cardiac muscle]] In practice, the term "striated muscle" is sometimes used to refer exclusively to skeletal muscle when distinguishing it from [[smooth muscle]].<ref>{{eMedicineDictionary|Striated+muscle}}</ref> However, different medical dictionaries report different usages of the terms. Cardiac muscle is a different type of muscle, but has almost the same structure as skeletal muscle. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Muscular system]] [[ja:横紋筋]]