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| a protein that forms the contractile filaments of muscle cells |
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| the change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell |
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| a compound molecule that provides energy |
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| is required for muscle contraction |
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| muscular tissue of the heart |
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| is a layer of connective tissue that ensheaths a muscle fiber and is composed mostly from reticular fibers |
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| a sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle. |
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| In anatomy, a fascicle is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium |
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| the point at which a muscle attaches to the skin, a bone, or another muscle |
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| having the property of responding actively to physical stimuli |
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| a single α-motor neuron and all of the corresponding muscle fibers it innervates |
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| individual components that make up skeletal muscle |
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| the elongated contractile threads found in striated muscle cells |
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a fibrous protein that forms
the contractile filaments of muscle cells and is also involved in motion in other types of cells. |
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is the synapse or junction of the
axon terminal of a motoneuron |
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| the place or point where a muscle, nerve, or other body part arises, in particular like the more fixed end or attachment of a muscle. |
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| the sheath of connective tissue surrounding a bundle of muscle fibers. |
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| the fine transparent tubular sheath that envelops the fibers of skeletal muscles. |
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| a structural unit of a myofibril in striated muscle |
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| is an eukaryotic organelle that forms an interconnected network of tubules, vesicles |
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| a muscle that is connected to the skeleton to form part of the mechanical system that moves the limbs and other parts of the body |
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| process used by muscles to contract |
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| muscle tissue in which the contractile fibrils are not highly ordered, striated |
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| cells are aligned in parallel bundles |
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| specialized junctions which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells such as those in muscles |
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| inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone |
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| hold calcium and release it during muscle contraction |
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| is a deep invagination of the sarcolemma, which is the plasma membrane, only found in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells |
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| a protein involved in muscle contraction |
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| a globular protein complex involved in muscle contraction. It occurs with tropomyosin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue |
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