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sarcolemmamore about sarcolemma

sarcolemma


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sarcolemma  \Sar`co*lem"ma\,  n.  [NL.,  from  Gr  sa`rx,  sa`rkos, 
  flesh  +  ?  rind,  skin.]  (Anat.) 
  The  very  thin  transparent  and  apparently  homogeneous  sheath 
  which  incloses  a  striated  muscular  fiber;  the  myolemma. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sarcolemma 
  n  :  an  extensible  membrane  enclosing  the  contractile  substance 
  of  a  muscle  fiber 




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