voluntary skeletal muscle contraction

id: GO:0003010
name: voluntary skeletal muscle contraction
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process in which force is generated within voluntary skeletal muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity, which generates force through ATP hydrolysis. In the voluntary skeletal muscle, the muscle contraction takes advantage of an ordered sarcomeric structure and it is under voluntary control. Voluntary skeletal muscle is skeletal muscle that is under conscious control.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0014703oscillatory muscle contraction
GO:0014720tonic skeletal muscle contraction
GO:0014721twitch skeletal muscle contraction

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0003009skeletal muscle contraction