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Definition of Muscle cell
1. Noun. An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body.
Generic synonyms: Fiber, Fibre, Somatic Cell, Vegetative Cell
Group relationships: Muscle, Musculus
Specialized synonyms: Striated Muscle Cell, Striated Muscle Fiber, Smooth Muscle Cell
Medical Definition of Muscle cell
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscle Cell
Literary usage of Muscle cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"The muscle cell is large and elongated. It is large so that it can store up more
energy than ... 42 shows a single muscle cell of one of the higher animals. ..."
2. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"When stimulated by an influx of calcium, projecting "arms" of myosin "grab" the
adjacent actin filaments and pull, causing the muscle cell to shorten. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The two traces in (g) are segments of a continuous record from one muscle cell.
The postsynaptic potentials occasionally triggered spikes evident as ..."
4. The Lancet (1898)
"In the case of involuntary muscle on the other hand there is still room for
controversy as to the nature of the ultimate innervation of the muscle cell. ..."
5. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"77), however, regards it as proved that the excitatory process is conveyed by
the nerve network and not by transmission from muscle cell to muscle cell ..."
6. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"An example of such a peculiar muscle cell is to be seen in the large ...
The cell-body of this muscle cell lies entirely apart from the fibrils and sends to ..."
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