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Sarcoplasm
the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber
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transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by bloc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when use…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal cham…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cytoplasm, striated, muscle, fiber.The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius, and C. capsularis; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for…
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