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Sarcoplasm is the
cytoplasm of a
muscle cell. It is
comparable to the
cytoplasm of
other cells, but it
contains unusually large amounts of
glycogen (a...
- to cell
signaling events and ion channels.
These in****tions in the
sarcoplasm contain a host of
receptors (prostacyclin, endothelin, serotonin, muscarinic...
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sarcoplasmic reticulum, a
unique form of
endoplasmic reticulum in the
sarcoplasm.
Muscle cells are
stimulated when a
motor neuron releases the neurotransmitter...
- A
special feature of the
sarcolemma is that it in****tes into the
sarcoplasm of the
muscle cell,
forming membranous tubules radially and longitudinally...
- cell
membrane to open and
allow calcium ions to p****
through into the
sarcoplasm (cytoplasm) of
cardiac muscle cells.
Calcium ions bind to
molecular receptors...
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Muscle hypertrophy or
muscle building involves a
hypertrophy or
increase in size of
skeletal muscle through a
growth in size of its
component cells. Two...
- Ca2+-activated K+ channels,
which are
activated by build-up of Ca2+ in the
sarcoplasm,
while the Ca2+
channels close, ends the plateau. This
leads to repolarization...
- Kölliker was
among the
first to
notice the
arrangement of
granules in the
sarcoplasm of
striated muscle over a
period of
years beginning around 1850. These...
- rise to its terminology. The
cytoplasm in a
muscle cell is
termed the
sarcoplasm; the
smooth endoplasmic reticulum of a
muscle cell is
termed the sarcoplasmic...
- and endomysium, into fascicles. Each
muscle fiber contains sarcolemma,
sarcoplasm, and
sarcoplasmic reticulum. The
functional unit of a
muscle fiber is...
