sarcoplasm
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- sarcoplasmic adjective
Etymology
Origin of sarcoplasm
Example Sentences
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The trigger for calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum into the sarcoplasm is a neural signal.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Myoglobin is found in the sarcoplasm and acts as an oxygen storage supply for the mitochondria.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
As long as Ca++ ions remain in the sarcoplasm to bind to troponin, and as long as ATP is available, the muscle fiber will continue to shorten.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It is the arrival of Ca++ in the sarcoplasm that initiates contraction of the muscle fiber by its contractile units, or sarcomeres.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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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