Z filament

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The thin zigzag strand at the Z line of striated muscle fibers to which the actin filaments attach.

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Some questions we may never know the answer to: Was Jay Z doing something he shouldn't have been doing?
Solange Smacks Jay Z, Legolas Slaps Bieber, and the Biggest Celebrity Feuds of the Year|Amy Zimmerman|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alexander Gilkes has partied with Jay Z in Paris and toured vineyards with the rapper, too.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jay Z, Leonardo DiCaprio (also in Miami, sighted leaving a club with 20 women), and Owen Wilson are all dedicated art collectors.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jay Z, Prince William, Beyoncé and Kate Middleton met at a Brooklyn Nets game Monday evening...and the Internet survived.
When Your Royalty Met Ours: Kate Meets Bey Courtside|Tom Sykes|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
Messrs. X and Z had specially engaged two eminent organists to play for them.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
An extended table of the sensitiveness of many indicators, on which the above tables are based, is given by Salm, Z. phys.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
The first extended experimental investigation in support of it was made by Barus and Schneider, Z. phys.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
The concentrations are calculated from the data given by Bodenstein, Z. phys.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz