Skeletal muscle — Science definition
Muscle attached to bones that shortens when stimulated, generating a pull; it cannot push, which is why muscles work in opposing pairs.
Where it is taught
- Bones, Muscles & Structure-Function Models — Body Organization, Transport & Movement, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
It is a design decision visible in your own hand, and it introduces the three parts of this unit: bones that provide rigid levers, skeletal muscle that can only pull, and tendons, the tough cords that transmit that pull from a muscle to a bone, sometimes across a considerable distance.
Bones, Muscles & Structure-Function Models