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| a single muscle cell, composed of myofibrils |
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| filaments made up of actin and myosin that run from one end of the muscle fiber to the other |
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| any of the ultramicrosopic threadlike structures composing the myofibrils of striated muscle fibers: thick ones contain myosin, thin contains actin |
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| the membrane covering a striated muscle fiber |
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| the interfibrillary mater of striated muscle i.e. the cytoplasm of muscle |
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| the endoplasmic reticulum found in striated muscle fibers |
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| One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of the muscular tissue in the body. Skeletal muscle is the type of muscle which powers movement of the skeleton as in walking and lifting |
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| marked with striae:striped, grooved or ridged |
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| characterized by having more than 1 nucleus with an individual cell |
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| a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers |
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| undifferentiated cells of mesoderm able to give rise to muscle cells |
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| One of the three primary germ cell layers in the very early embryo. The mesoderm is the middle layer. It differentiates to gives rise to a number of tissues and structures including bone, muscle, connective tissue, and the middle layer of the skin |
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| the connective tissue of an organ or part that binds together its component elements and holds them in place |
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| the fine connective sheath surrounding a muscle fiber (innermost sheath) |
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| connective tissue sheath which groups individual muscle fibers into bundles |
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| fibrous sheath around skeletal muscle (encompasses both peri and endomysium) |
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| a small or slender bundle |
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| a flat band of tissue below the skin that covers the underlying tissues and separates different layers of tissue |
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| the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle |
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| the contractile unit of a myofibril |
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| actin filaments, myosin filaments and intermediate filaments |
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| a protein found in muscle that together with myosin functions in muscle contraction |
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| involved in muscle contraction along with actin, also the most common protein in the muscle |
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| the tubule that passes in a transverse manner from the sarcolemma across a myofibril |
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| the specialized straited muscle tissue of the heart |
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| an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue |
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| an undulating double membrane separating adjacent cells in cardiac muscle |
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| one of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers, part of the impulse conducting part of the heart, that rapidly transmit impulses from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles |
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| A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals and occurs primarily in the liver and muscle tissue. It is readily converted to glucose as needed by the body to satisfy its energy needs. |
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| PAS(periodic acid-Schiff) stain |
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| a reaction that tests for polysaccharides and related substances through the treatment of tissue sections with periodic acid stain and Schiff's reagent |
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| 1 of the 3 major types of muscle, Generally forms the supporting tissue of blood vessels and hollow internal organs such as the stomach, intestine, and bladder. Has no striations and is spindle shaped |
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| a vesicle, a fraction of a micrometer in diameter, containing fluid or solute being ingested into a cell by endocytosis |
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| cell found between epithelium of exocrine glands and their basement membranes, which resembles a smooth muscle cell and is thought to be contractile. |
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