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What is a voluntary muscle?

What is a voluntary muscle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) Muscle that is normally controlled by individual volition; skeletal muscle.
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The outer layer of the cerebrum, called the cerebral cortex, is responsible for most higher brain functions such as thought, reasoning, memory, and voluntary muscle movement.
Take out a morsel on the slip of glass, and tease as directed for the voluntary muscle.
He had spinal-cord surgery and was left with no voluntary muscle movement.
Skeletal muscle, also called voluntary muscle, in vertebrates, most common of the three types of muscle in the body.
When Everett arrived at the hospital, Gibbons said, he was quadriplegic, meaning he had no voluntary muscle function in his arms and legs.
The electric shock they deliver disrupts a person's voluntary muscle control.

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