sarcolemma
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The depolarization then spreads along the sarcolemma, creating an action potential as sodium channels adjacent to the initial depolarization site sense the change in voltage and open.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 29.34 A skeletal muscle cell is surrounded by a plasma membrane called the sarcolemma with a cytoplasm called the sarcoplasm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Propagation of an action potential along the sarcolemma is the excitation portion of excitation-contraction coupling.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Muscle contraction usually stops when signaling from the motor neuron ends, which repolarizes the sarcolemma and T- tubules, and closes the voltage-gated calcium channels in the SR.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The fibrillæ, then, are bound together in a bundle to form a fiber, which is enveloped in its own sheath, the sarcolemma.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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