1) Segment
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A sarcomere (Greek sarx `flesh`, meros `part`) is the basic unit of a muscle. Muscles are composed of tubular muscle cells (myocytes or myofibers), which are formed in a process known as myogenesis. Muscle cells are composed of tubular myofibrils. Myofibrils are composed of repeating sections of sarcomeres, which appear under the microscope as...
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(from the article `human cardiovascular system`) ...that causes contraction consists of muscle fibres that are made up of cardiac muscle cells. Each cell contains smaller fibres known as myofibrils ... All arthropod muscles seem to be striated, not obliquely striated or smooth, and the sarcomeres are of varying lengths. In locusts the s...
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Repeating subunit from which the myofibrils of striated muscle are built. Has A and I bands, the I band being sub divided by the Z disc and the A band being split by the M line and the H zone. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(sahr´ko-mēr) the contractile unit of a myofibril; sarcomeres are repeating units, delimited by the Z bands along the length of the myofibril.
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Repeating subunit from which the myofibrils of striated muscle are built. Has A- and I-bands, the I-band being subdivided by the Z-disc, and the A-band being split by the M-line and the H-zone.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sar′kō-mēr Definitions: 1. The segment of a myofibril between two adjacent Z lines, representing the functional unit of striated muscle.
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(sar;kuo-mer) The portion of a striated muscle fiber between the two adjacent Z lines that is considered the functional unit of a myofibril.
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n] - one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided
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The functional unit of a muscle myofibril, consisting of overlapping actin and myosin filaments between two Z discs (bands).
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noun one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided
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