- A
muscle cell, also
known as a
myocyte, is a
mature contractile cell in the
muscle of an animal. In
humans and
other vertebrates there are
three types:...
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Cardiac muscle cells (also
called cardiomyocytes) are the
contractile myocytes of the
cardiac muscle. The
cells are
surrounded by an
extracellular matrix...
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consisting mainly of
uterine smooth muscle cells (also
called uterine myocytes) but also of
supporting stromal and
vascular tissue. Its main function...
- of
animals and humans,
contraction and
relaxation of the
muscle cells (
myocytes) is a
highly regulated and
rhythmic process. In cardiomyocytes, or cardiac...
- In pathology,
Anitschkow (or Anichkov)
cells are
often cells ****ociated with
rheumatic heart disease.
Anitschkow cells are
enlarged macrophages found within...
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Myocyte-specific
enhancer factor 2A is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the MEF2A gene. MEF2A is a
transcription factor in the Mef2 family. In humans...
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skeletal muscles. In
terms of volume,
myocytes make up the
great majority of
skeletal muscle.
Skeletal muscle myocytes are
usually very large,
being about...
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myocyte disarray, is a term to
describe the loss of the
normal parallel alignment of
myocytes (the
muscle cells of the heart). Instead, the
myocytes usually...
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blood vessel.
Myogenic response refers to a
contraction initiated by the
myocyte itself instead of an
outside occurrence or
stimulus such as
nerve innervation...
- few exceptions,
animals consume organic material,
breathe oxygen, have
myocytes and are able to move, can
reproduce ****ually, and grow from a
hollow sphere...
