Useful english dictionary. 2012.
striated muscle fiber — noun an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue • Syn: ↑striated muscle cell • Hypernyms: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fiber, ↑muscle fibre • Part Holonyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
muscle cell — noun an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body • Syn: ↑muscle fiber, ↑muscle fibre • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre, ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
striated muscle — noun a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes • Syn: ↑skeletal muscle • Hypernyms: ↑muscle, ↑musculus • Hyponyms: ↑voluntary muscle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
muscle cell — Cell of muscle tissue; in striated (skeletal) muscle it comprises a syncytium formed by the fusion of embryonic myoblasts, in cardiac muscle a cell linked to the others by specialized junctional complexes (intercalated discs), in smooth muscle a… … Dictionary of molecular biology
striated muscle — Muscle in which the repeating units (sarcomeres) of the contractile myofibrils are arranged in register throughout the cell, resulting in transverse or oblique striations observable at the level of the light microscope, eg. the voluntary… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Cardiac muscle cell — Latin cardiomyocytus; myocytus cardiacus Code TH H2.00.05.2.02004 A cardiac muscle cell or myocardiocyte (also known as cardiomyocyte[1] … Wikipedia
Skeletal striated muscle — A top down view of skeletal muscle Latin textus muscularis striatus skeletalis Code TH … Wikipedia
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
muscle fiber — noun an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fibre • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre, ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell … Useful english dictionary
muscle fibre — noun an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body • Syn: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fiber • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre, ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
