sarcolemma

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S0089200 (sär′kə-lĕm′ə)n. A thin membrane enclosing a striated muscle fiber.

[sarco- + Greek lemma, husk; see lemma².]

sar′co·lem′mal adj.

sarcolemma

(ˌsɑːkəʊˈlɛmə) n, pl -mas or -mata (-mətə) (Anatomy) the membrane covering a muscle fibre

sar•co•lem•ma

(ˌsɑr kəˈlɛm ə)

n., pl. -mas. the membranous sheath of a muscle fiber. [1830–40] sar`co•lem′mic, sar`co•lem′mous, adj.

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Noun

sarcolemma - an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fibertissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants

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sarcolemma

[‚sär·kə′lem·ə] (histology) The thin connective tissue sheath enveloping a muscle fiber.

Sarcolemma

the delicate membrane that invests smooth-muscle cells and striated and myocardial fibers. The term “sar-colemma” was introduced by the British physician W. Bowman in 1840. A sarcolemma consists of a three-layer cell membrane, which is approximately 75 angstroms thick and similar to the cell membrane in other animal cells, and a basilar membrane, which is a layer of amorphous matter containing polysaccharides. In vertebrates the basilar membrane of muscle cells and muscle fibers usually contains collagen fibrils.

REFERENCES

De Robertis, E., W. Nowinski, and F. Saez. Biologiia kletki. Moscow, 1967. (Translated from English.)
Elektronno-mikroskopicheskaia anatomiia. Moscow, 1967. (Translated from English.)

sarcolemma

[sahr″ko-lem´ah] the delicate elastic sheath covering every striated fiber" >muscle fiber. adj., adj sarcolem´mic, sarcolem´mous.

sar·co·lem·ma

(sar'kō-lem'ă), The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber; formerly, the delicate connective tissue of the endomysium was included under this term by some. Synonym(s): myolemma [sarco- + G. lemma, husk]

sarcolemma

(sär′kə-lĕm′ə)n. A thin membrane enclosing a striated muscle fiber.

sar′co·lem′mal adj.

sar·co·lem·ma

(sahr'kō-lem'ă) The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber; formerly, the delicate connective tissue of the endomysium was included under this term by some. [sarco- + G. lemma, husk]

sarcolemma

A delicate membrane surrounding a striped muscle fibre.

Fig. 274 Saturated vapour pressure. The effect of ambient temperature on the vapour pressure at the surface of a mesophyll.

sarcolemma

the outer membrane surrounding the muscle fibre (see MYOFIBRIL). It is similar in biochemical composition to the plasmalemma.

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noun an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber

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