NOUN | body | striated muscle fiber, striated muscle cell | an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue |
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Meaning | An elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue. | |
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Synonym | striated muscle cell | |
Part of | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
Parts | myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle | One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber |
Broader | muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre | An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body |
Spanish | fibra muscular | |
Catalan | fibra muscular |
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