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HESI: MUSCULAR
Term | Definition |
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support body posture & create heat | Muscular Sys |
skeletal muscle cells | muscle fibers |
The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber | Sarcolemma |
Cytoplasm of the muscle fiber | Sarcoplasm |
Long protein bundles that occupy the main portion of sarcoplasm | Myofibrils |
Difference between myofibers and myofibrils | Myofibers are the muscle cells itself. Myofibrils are long protein cords in the sarcoplasm |
Red pigment that stores oxygen until needed for muscular activity | Myoglobin |
Serves as a reservoir of calcium ions | Sarcoplasmic Reticulum (SR) |
bundles of muscle fibers | Fasicles |