How to Use skeletal muscle in a Sentence

skeletal muscle

noun

• Blood flow and stream of glucose to the skeletal muscles increase.
  — Arash Javanbakht and Linda Saab, Smithsonian, 28 Oct. 2017
• Insulin can tell cells in the skeletal muscle, the fat, and the liver to take up the glucose from the blood and either use it or store it.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• The hallmark of Duchenne is the absence of dystrophin, a protein in skeletal muscle.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2018
• Most of the time skeletal muscles contract on command—the brain produces the order, which the nerves convey and the muscles execute.
  — Science Buddies, Scientific American, 22 Mar. 2018
• The muscles that most of us are familiar with, says Putrino, are the skeletal muscles.
  — Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2019
• The drug also caused serious injury to the eels' skeletal muscle, which was slow to heal after the eels were removed from the water with the cocaine.
  — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• It’s not so much the size of a person’s skeletal muscle that concerns Kass but its composition.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Your diaphragm is a skeletal muscle housed in the lower portion of your rib cage, attaching to your lower ribs.
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 23 June 2021
• LeBrasseur and his colleagues at the Mayo Clinic are looking at senescent cells in skeletal muscle.
  — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
• Muscle mass refers to the total amount of muscle in the body, including skeletal muscle mass and cardiac muscles.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• This has led to a large interest in the development of weight-loss drugs that may not have as much of an effect on skeletal muscle mass as semaglutide does.
  — Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2023
• Once energy needs are met, leftover glucose is stored in the liver and skeletal muscle in a condensed form called glycogen.
  — Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
• For example, skeletal muscle cells make a protein called myostatin that keeps them from growing too large.
  — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
• Evidence from one recent study even suggests that skeletal muscles may be involved—at least in mice.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017
• Unlike fatty pigs, bony chickens, and sinewy monkeys, eel meat was almost all soft skeletal muscle.
  — Manvir Singh, Wired, 14 July 2022
• For example, drinking a glass of milk has been shown to impact skeletal muscle more so than having the same amount of protein from isolated whey powder.
  — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• Could beet juice enhance the heart’s ability to deliver oxygen-carrying blood, and help keep the skeletal muscle strong, in such patients?
  — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2019
• But in reality, the blood that is diverted tends to come from skeletal muscle tissue and is helped along by the heart's ability to increase the volume of blood pumped forward with each beat.
  — Jason Kane, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2011
• Cells are triggered to turn into skeletal muscle, fat and connective tissues.
  — Jonel Aleccia and Laura Ungar, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
• The relationship is anchored through the diaphragm, the only organ in the body that is skeletal muscle designed for voluntary movement.
  — Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2020
• The cells are fed oxygen and nutrients like sugar and minerals, and can grow into skeletal muscle that can be harvested within a few weeks.
  — Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 16 July 2018
• Up front weight room standouts have included Ben Scott and Dohnovan West, both of whom have added skeletal muscle mass while lowering their body fat percentages.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
• Beta-Alanine Beta-alanine is an amino acid that is used by the body to synthesize carnosine, a molecule that is present in skeletal muscle tissue.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• Doctors told the family Chloe had alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in the soft tissue of skeletal muscle, or in organs such as the bladder or uterus.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
• Once in skeletal muscle, nitric oxide can do several things.
  — Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2019
• While the heart does pump more blood to skeletal muscles that are working during these activities, these kinds of exercises depend on a muscle’s ability to move the weight.
  — William Cornwell, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2024
• The process repeats itself over and over, gradually building up segments, from which vertebrae and skeletal muscle are made.
  — Adam Mann, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2020
• There are three main types of muscle tissue: smooth muscle lines the gut wall and organs, except the heart; cardiac muscle is striated and covers the heart; and skeletal muscle, which can be found in the arms and legs, is also striated.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 July 2023
• That's a problem, since some pre-workout products have been associated with health outcomes like skeletal muscle breakdown, strokes and even death.
  — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2021
• Yet when the cat is relaxed, during sleep or blinking, a set of skeletal muscles retracts the eyeball and allows the third eyelid to float across the ocular surface from the inner, lower corner of the eye to the upper, outer corner.
  — Paul Miller, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024