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sarcoplasm

American  
[sahr-kuh-plaz-uhm] / ˈsɑr kəˌplæz əm /

noun

Biology.
  1. the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.


sarcoplasm British  
/ ˈsɑːkəʊˌplæzəm /

noun

  1. the cytoplasm of a muscle fibre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of sarcoplasm

First recorded in 1895–1900; sarco- + -plasm

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The sliding can only occur when myosin-binding sites on the actin filaments are exposed by a series of steps that begins with Ca++ entry into the sarcoplasm.

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Ca++ ions are pumped out of the sarcoplasm into the SR, and cross-bridge cycling stops, returning the muscle fibers to their resting state.

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ATP-driven pumps will move Ca++ out of the sarcoplasm back into the SR.

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During the relaxation phase, tension decreases as Ca++ ions are pumped out of the sarcoplasm and cross-bridge cycling stops.

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By this time the parasite has greatly distended the muscle-fibre in which it has hitherto lain, absorbing, with its growth, practically all the contractile-substance, until it is surrounded only by the sarcolemma and sarcoplasm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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