sarcolemma
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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
The ACh molecules diffuse across a minute space called the synaptic cleft and bind to ACh receptors located within the motor end-plate of the sarcolemma on the other side of the synapse.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The sarcomere itself is bundled within the myofibril that runs the entire length of the muscle fiber and attaches to the sarcolemma at its end.
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
Within the sarcolemma are minute fibrils and a semiliquid substance, called the sarcoplasm.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
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