visceral muscle

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  • striated muscle; human biceps muscle
    In muscle: Major types of vertebrate muscles

    …the vertebrate musculature are the visceral musculature and the somatic musculature (the striated muscles of the body wall). Somatic musculature may be divided into appendicular, or limb, muscles and axial muscles. The axial muscles include the muscles of the tail, trunk, and eyeballs as well as a group of muscles…

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