Voluntary muscle

involuntary muscle: see smooth muscle and cardiac muscle.
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Skeletal voluntary muscle and cardiac muscle. The name derives from the striped appearance, which reflects the arrangement of contractile elements.
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Smooth muscle or "involuntary muscle" is found within the walls of organs and structures such as the oesophagus, stomach, intestines, bronchi, uterus, ureters, bladder, and blood vessels.
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(Med.) Loss of coordination in the voluntary muscles, especially the limbs; an inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; it results in unsteady movements and a staggering gait.
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Maintaining autonomic functions such as heartbeat, breathing, control of involuntary muscle actions are performed by some of the parts of this system.
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The motor system controls voluntary muscle movement, aided by feedback loops in the cerebellum and the basal ganglia. Nuclei in the brainstem control many involuntary muscle functions such as heartrate and breathing.
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In the absence of voluntary muscle action, the same effect is achieved by shivering.
The greater the surface-to-volume ratio of a part of the body, the faster is can transfer heat to its surroundings.
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myomere The muscle plate or portion of a somite that develops into voluntary muscle.
myosin A large protein of contractile tissue that forms the thick myofilaments of striated muscle. During contraction it combines with actin to form actomyosin.
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Spinocerebellar ataxia, type 1 (SCA1; involuntary muscle movements, reflex disorders, explosive speech)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA; severe, usually lethal progressive muscle-wasting disorder in children) ...
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