end plate
(ɛnˈdaʊ mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a specialized area on the surface of a muscle fiber where a motor neuron makes contact with the muscle.
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fibre
(fiber, fibre)
Princeton's WordNet
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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fiber
(fiber, fibre)
Princeton's WordNet
any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
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muscular
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber
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muscular contraction
(contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction)
Princeton's WordNet
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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contraction
(contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction)
Princeton's WordNet
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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muscle contraction
(contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction)
Princeton's WordNet
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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sarcoplasm
(ˈsɑr kəˌplæz əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.
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sarcosome
(ˈsɑr kəˌsoʊm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mitochondrion occurring in a muscle fiber.
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sarcolemma
(ˌsɑr kəˈlɛm ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the membranous sheath of a muscle fiber.
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all-or-none
(ˌæl əˈpɒl əˌplɔɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to a process by which a muscle or nerve fiber either responds to a stimulus completely or not at all.
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impulse
(ˈɪm pʌls)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a progressive wave of excitation over a nerve or muscle fiber having a stimulating or inhibitory effect.
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fibre
Webster Dictionary
one of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle
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sarcoplasm
(sarcoplasm)
Princeton's WordNet
the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber
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ixtli
Webster Dictionary
a Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber
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sarcosome
(sarcosome)
Princeton's WordNet
a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber
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neuromuscular junction
(neuromuscular junction, myoneural junction)
Princeton's WordNet
the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
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myoneural junction
(neuromuscular junction, myoneural junction)
Princeton's WordNet
the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
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sarcostyle
(myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle)
Princeton's WordNet
one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
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myofibrilla
(myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle)
Princeton's WordNet
one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
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myofibril
(myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle)
Princeton's WordNet
one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
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sarcolemma
(sarcolemma)
Princeton's WordNet
an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber
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purkinje fiber
(Purkinje fiber)
Princeton's WordNet
a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network
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effector
(effector)
Princeton's WordNet
a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion
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action potential
(ˈæk ʃə nə bəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the change in electrical potential that occurs between the inside and outside of a nerve or muscle fiber when it is stimulated, serving to transmit nerve signals.
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refractory period
(refractory period)
Princeton's WordNet
(neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response
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muscle spindle
(ˈmʌs əlˌmæn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a proprioceptor in skeletal muscle, composed of muscle fibers and nerve endings, that conveys information on the state of muscle stretch.
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tucum
Webster Dictionary
a fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber
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fibrilla
Webster Dictionary
a minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril
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fibril
Webster Dictionary
a small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla
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