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... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Myofibrils
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Myofibrils
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Myofibrils
... > Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Muscle Fibers, Skeletal > Myofibrils
... > Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Muscle Fibers, Skeletal > Myofibrils
Cells > Muscle Cells > Muscle Fibers, Skeletal > Myofibrils
Cardiovascular System > Heart > Myocardium > Myocytes, Cardiac > Myofibrils
... > Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Myocardium > Myocytes, Cardiac > Myofibrils
... > Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Myocardium > Myocytes, Cardiac > Myofibrils
Cells > Muscle Cells > Myocytes, Cardiac > Myofibrils

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Myofibrils  

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Entry terms

  • Myofilament
  • Myofilaments

Scope note

  • The long cylindrical contractile organelles of STRIATED MUSCLE cells composed of ACTIN FILAMENTS; MYOSIN filaments; and other proteins organized in arrays of repeating units called SARCOMERES .

History note

  • 1965; for MYOFILAMENTS use ACTIN CYTOSKELETON 1986-2011

In other languages

  • myofibrillit

    Finnish

  • alkusäie
  • alkusäikeet
  • lihasfibrilli
  • lihasfibrillit
  • lihassäie
  • lihassäikeet
  • myofibrilla
  • myofibrilli
  • Myofibriller

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009210

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