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| voluntary striated muscle that is usually attached to one or more bones |
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| alternating light and dark transverse bands |
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| plasma membrane of a muscle fiber |
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| cytoplasm of the sarcolemma, it is occupied mainly by long protein bundles called myofibrils. |
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| long protein bundles of the sarcoplasm |
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| starch-like carbohydrate that provides energy for the cell during heightened levels of excercise. |
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| the red pigment that stores oxygen until needed for muscular activity |
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| several stem cells that fuse to produce each muscle fiber, with each myoblast contributing a nucleus to the mature fiber. |
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| unspecialized myoblasts between the muscle fiber and endomysium |
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| the smooth endoplasmic reticulum here, forms a network around each myofibril |
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| the funtional contractile unit of the muscle fiber. |
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