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striated muscle cell — noun an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue • Syn: ↑striated muscle fiber • Hypernyms: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fiber, ↑muscle fibre • Part Holonyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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
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 fiber — n any of the elongated cells characteristic of muscle * * * any of the cells of skeletal or cardiac muscle tissue. Skeletal muscle fibers are cylindrical multinucleate cells containing contracting myofibrils, across which run transverse… … Medical dictionary
Skeletal striated muscle — A top down view of skeletal muscle Latin textus muscularis striatus skeletalis Code TH … Wikipedia
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
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
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Muscle spindle — Latin fusus neuromuscularis Code TH H3.11.06.0.00018 Muscle spindles are sensory receptors within the belly of a muscle, which primarily detect changes in the length of this muscle. They convey length information to the central nervous system via … Wikipedia
Muscle fascicle — Structure of a skeletal muscle. (Fascicle labeled at bottom right.) Latin fasiculus muscularis Gray s … Wikipedia
