The human body contains 2 types of muscle - smooth muscle and striated (skeletal) muscle. Striated muscle (striped when seen under the microscope) is the muscle that allows us to move our arms and legs and other body parts on purpose - that is, voluntary movement. Also: Skeletal Muscle, Voluntary Muscle

	Calming / Stretching Exercises As A Treatment "...He believed that if a person could learn enough skeletal muscle control that they could promptly relax the muscle from a tense state, it would greatly reduce the ensuing stress response..." Curare Related Topic "Curare-like effect: Paralysis of skeletal muscle..." Dermatomyositis The Condition "...Involvement of the striated muscle of the pharynx and upper portion of the esophagus leads to dysphagia and regurgitation..." Encephalitis The Condition "...They include severe general weakness, an inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements (ataxia), tremor, partial paralysis, difficulty in hearing, seeing, or speaking (Broca's aphasia), or difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia)..." Guaifenesin As A Treatment "...A lesser publicized and thus lesser known fact among fibromyalgia sufferers is that guaifenesin has a skeletal muscle relaxant property, and a form of guaifenesin known as guafenesin carbomate is used for this purpose..." Inositol As A Treatment "...In animal cells, it occurs as a component of phospholipids and it stored predominantly in the brain, spinal cord nerves, cerebral spinal fluid, skeletal muscle, and heart muscle..." Rhabdomyomas Related Topic "Benign tumors of skeletal muscle (the muscle that is attached to bone and helps us to move)..." Rhabdomyosarcomas Related Topic "Malignant tumors of skeletal muscle..." Soft Tissue Sarcoma The Condition "...The types of tumor that can develop from different soft tissues include ... Tumors of Muscle Tissue (smooth muscle and skeletal muscle) - leiomyomas; leiomyosarcomas; Rhabdomyomas; Rhabdomyosarcomas..."

Last updated: Oct 26, 2007