NOUN | body | myofibrilla, myofibril, sarcostyle | one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber |
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Meaning | One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber. | |
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Synonyms | myofibril, sarcostyle | |
Part of | striated muscle cell, striated muscle fiber | An elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue |
Parts | sarcomere | One of the segments into which a myofibril is divided |
sarcoplasm | The cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber | |
Broader | fibril, filament, strand | A very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
Spanish | miofibrilla | |
Catalan | miofibril·la, miofibrilla |
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