| Noun | 1. | skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle tibialis anterior, tibialis anticus - a muscle running from the tibia to the first metatarsal and cuneiform bones tibialis posterior, tibialis posticus - a deep muscle of the leg |