-
lines so that they form
grooves and
transverse tubules emanate. In
cardiac myocytes, this
forms a
scalloped surface. The
cytoskeleton is what the rest of the...
-
Cardiac muscle cells (also
called cardiomyocytes) are the
contractile myocytes of the
cardiac muscle. The
cells are
surrounded by an
extracellular matrix...
-
skeletal muscles. In
terms of volume,
myocytes make up the
great majority of
skeletal muscle.
Skeletal muscle myocytes are
usually very large,
being about...
- In pathology,
Anitschkow (or Anichkov)
cells are
often cells ****ociated with
rheumatic heart disease.
Anitschkow cells are
enlarged macrophages found within...
-
consisting mainly of
uterine smooth muscle cells (also
called uterine myocytes) but also of
supporting stromal and
vascular tissue. Its main function...
-
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...
- few exceptions,
animals consume organic material,
breathe oxygen, have
myocytes and are able to move, can
reproduce ****ually, and grow from a
hollow sphere...
- an SIP
functional syncytium. A smooth-muscle cell is a spindle-shaped
myocyte with a wide
middle and
tapering ends, and a
single nucleus. Like striated...
-
affect the
electrical properties of
myocytes and may be
ultimately responsible for
causing irritability of
myocytes. PVCs may be
found incidentally on...
- fight-or-flight
response and the
regulation of
glucose levels in the blood. In
myocytes (muscle cells),
glycogen degradation serves to
provide an
immediate source...
