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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 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
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
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
smooth muscle cell — noun cells of the smooth muscles • Hypernyms: ↑muscle cell, ↑muscle fiber, ↑muscle fibre • Part Holonyms: ↑smooth muscle … Useful english dictionary
Muscle hypertrophy — is an increase in the size of muscle cells. It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells. Contents 1 Hypertrophy stimuli 1.1 Strength training 1.2 Anaerobic training … Wikipedia
Muscle weakness — ICD 10 M62.8 ICD 9 728.87 (728.9 before 10/01/03) DiseasesDB … Wikipedia
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
Muscle biopsy — Intervention Micrograph of a muscle biopsy showing ragged red fibers, a finding seen in mitochondrial diseases. Gomori trichrome stain. ICD 9 … 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
