Definitions for voluntary muscle

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vol′untary mus′cle(n.)

  1. any muscle moved at will and composed of bundles of striated fibers.

    Category: Anatomy

Origin of voluntary muscle:

1780–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. voluntary muscle(noun)

    striated muscle that can be controlled voluntarily

Wiktionary

  1. voluntary muscle(Noun)

    Muscle that is normally controlled by individual volition; skeletal muscle.


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