Striated muscle

Striated muscle is a form of fibers that are combined into parallel fibers. More specifically, it can refer to:
 * Skeletal muscle
 * Cardiac muscle (cardiac refers to the heart).

In practice, the term "striated muscle" is sometimes used to refer exclusively to skeletal muscle when distinguishing it from smooth muscle. However, different medical dictionaries report different usages of the terms. Cardiac muscle is a different type of muscle, but has almost the same structure as skeletal muscle.