FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

skeletal muscle contraction

ID (Ontology)

GO:0003009 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

A process in which force is generated within 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 skeletal muscle, the muscle contraction takes advantage of an ordered sarcomeric structure and in most cases it is under voluntary control.

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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skeletal muscle contraction (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| skeletal muscle contraction

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

muscle contraction
 |__striated muscle contraction____
multicellular organismal movement  |
 |__musculoskeletal movement_______|
neuromuscular process              |
 |__musculoskeletal movement_______|
                                   skeletal muscle contraction  3 rec.
                                    |__involuntary skeletal muscle contraction
                                    |   |__diaphragm contraction
                                    |__regulation of excitatory postsynaptic membrane potential involved in skeletal muscle contraction 1 rec.
                                    |__regulation of skeletal muscle contraction 1 rec.
                                    |   |__regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by action potential(+)
                                    |   |__regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by calcium ion signaling(+)
                                    |   |__regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by chemo-mechanical energy conversion(+)
                                    |   |__regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by neural stimulation via neuromuscular junction(+) 1 rec.
                                    |   |__regulation of skeletal muscle contraction via regulation of action potential
                                    |   |__regulation of tonic skeletal muscle contraction(+)
                                    |   |__regulation of twitch skeletal muscle contraction(+)
                                    |__voluntary skeletal muscle contraction 1 rec.
                                        |__oscillatory muscle contraction 1 rec.
                                        |__tonic skeletal muscle contraction(+)
                                        |__twitch skeletal muscle contraction(+)

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Relationships
Is a	striated muscle contraction
Part of	musculoskeletal movement
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