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sarcomeres

sarcomeres is the plural of sarcomere.

Meaning of sarcomere

Noun

sarcomere (plural sarcomeres)

  1. The contractile unit of the myofibril of a striated muscle.
    • The sarcomere determines the amount of overlap between the actin and myosin filaments and thus, the number of cross-bridges that participate in a given contraction. Since each cross bridge contributes to the contraction, sarcomeres generate their maximal force when their contraction employs the...1997, Kenneth Axen, Kathleen Vermitsky Axen, The Princeton Review Physiology Coloring Workbook, Princeton Review Publishing, Random House, page 51

Questions about sarcomeres

What is sarcomeres the plural of?
Sarcomeres is the plural of sarcomere.

Words near sarcomeres in the dictionary

  1. sarcomatoses
  2. sarcomatosis
  3. sarcomatosis generalis
  4. sarcomatous
  5. sarcomere
  6. sarcomeres
  7. sarcomeric
  8. sarcomerization
  9. sarcomerogenesis
  10. sarcomerogenic
  11. sarcometric

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