Muscle, Skeletal

"Muscle, Skeletal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A subtype of striated muscle, attached by TENDONS to the SKELETON. Skeletal muscles are innervated and their movement can be consciously controlled. They are also called voluntary muscles.

Descriptor ID	D018482
MeSH Number(s)	A02.633.567 A10.690.552.500
Concept/Terms	Muscle, Skeletal Muscle, Skeletal Muscle, Voluntary Muscles, Voluntary Voluntary Muscle Voluntary Muscles Skeletal Muscle Muscles, Skeletal Skeletal Muscles Soleus Muscle Soleus Muscle Muscle, Soleus Plantaris Muscle Plantaris Muscle Muscle, Plantaris Anterior Tibial Muscle Anterior Tibial Muscle Muscle, Anterior Tibial Tibial Muscle, Anterior Gastrocnemius Muscle Gastrocnemius Muscle Muscle, Gastrocnemius

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Muscle, Skeletal".

Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Muscles [A02.633]
Muscle, Skeletal [A02.633.567]
Tissues [A10]
Muscles [A10.690]
Muscle, Striated [A10.690.552]
Muscle, Skeletal [A10.690.552.500]

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Bar chart showing 245 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2003

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	2	3
1999	6	4	10
2000	3	3	6
2001	2	2	4
2002	8	4	12
2003	13	5	18
2004	8	6	14
2005	7	1	8
2006	3	4	7
2007	5	4	9
2008	7	1	8
2009	5	5	10
2010	5	2	7
2011	8	7	15
2012	3	3	6
2013	5	3	8
2014	9	4	13
2015	5	4	9
2016	6	3	9
2017	9	3	12
2018	7	3	10
2019	4	0	4
2020	3	1	4
2021	3	4	7
2022	1	5	6
2023	0	4	4
2024	7	7	14
2025	6	1	7

Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle, Skeletal" by people in Profiles.

Chen JSC, Osborne JWA, Menz HB, Abbott M, Munteanu SE, Entwisle T, Connell DA, Landorf KB. Plantar Heel Pain Is Not Associated With Fatty Infiltration of the Abductor Digiti Minimi Muscle on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study. J Foot Ankle Res. 2026 Jun; 19(2):e70155.

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Forman DE, Perera S, Shiva S, Glynn NW, Stakich TS, Ramos SV, Distefano G, Wolf C, Kendi A, Sterczala AJ, Sipula IJ, Bello FM, Jurczak MJ, Sciurba FC, Gladwin MT, Newman AB, Coen PM. Benefits of oral nitrite supplementation on mitochondrial respiration and physical function in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2026 03 10; 81(4).

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Mayerl CJ, Kaczmarek EB, Kennedy ME, Shideler HE, Smith AE, German RZ. Regional Heterogeneity in the Electromyography Activity of Extrinsic Tongue Muscles Is Critical to Tongue Function. Integr Comp Biol. 2025 12 05; 65(6):1437-1447.

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Rivera JC, Espinoza-Derout J, Hasan K, Lao CJ, Wilson J, Tintut Y, Shao XM, Jordan MC, Roos KP, Liu Y, Sinha-Hikim AP, Puri V, Friedman TC. Electronic Cigarette Exposure Induces Adverse Cellular Alterations in Skeletal Muscle in Male Mice Subjected to a High-Fat Diet. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 11 27; 26(23).

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Chen JSC, Abbott M, Landorf KB. Association of Baxter's Neuropathy and Fatty Infiltration of the Abductor Digiti Minimi Muscle on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review. J Foot Ankle Res. 2025 Sep; 18(3):e70075.

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Gulley Cox LI, Dias N, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Gorniak SL. Impact of aging and body mass index on upper extremity motor unit number index and size. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025; 250:10491.

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Matsui K, Miyawaki Y, Kobayashi R, Yoshizawa M, Toriumi T, Ebara G, Sato H, Sakuramoto S. Clinical advantages of two vs. three courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy using docetaxel?+?cisplatin?+?5-fluorouracil to improve preoperative nutritional status and mitigate decreasing skeletal muscle in resectable esophageal cancer. Int J Clin Oncol. 2025 Oct; 30(10):1992-2002.

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Mayerl CJ, German RZ. Muscle function and electromyography: (almost) 70 years since Doty and Bosma (1956). J Neurophysiol. 2025 Jul 01; 134(1):337-346.

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Scudese E, Marshall AG, Vue Z, Exil V, Rodriguez BI, Demirci M, Vang L, L?pez EG, Neikirk K, Shao B, Le H, Stephens D, Hall DD, Rostami R, Rodman T, Kabugi K, Shao JQ, Mungai M, AshShareef ST, Hicsasmaz I, Manus S, Wanjalla CN, Whiteside A, Dasari R, Williams CR, Damo SM, Gaddy JA, Glancy B, Dantas EHM, Kinder A, Kadam A, Tomar D, Scartoni F, Baffi M, McReynolds MR, Phillips MA, Cooper A, Murray SA, Quintana AM, Wandira N, Ochayi OM, Ameka M, Kirabo A, Masenga SK, Harris C, Oliver A, Martin P, Gaye A, Korolkova O, Sharma V, Mobley BC, Katti P, Hinton A. 3D Mitochondrial Structure in Aging Human Skeletal Muscle: Insights Into MFN-2-Mediated Changes. Aging Cell. 2025 07; 24(7):e70054.

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Coen PM, Yi F, Lui LY, Distefano G, Ramos SV, Goodpaster BH, Cawthon PM, Hepple RT, Kritchevsky SB, Cummings SR, Tranah GJ, Newman AB, DeLany JP. Muscle Mitochondrial Respiration and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Contribute to Slower Walking Speed of Older Individuals Who Identify as Black. Aging Cell. 2025 06; 24(6):e70040.

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