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- sarcomere. Other bands appear when the sarcomere is relaxed. The myofibrils of smooth muscle cells are not arranged into sarcomeres. The sarcomeres give...
- are enlarged. It is applied especially to the left ventricle of heart. Sarcomeres are added in series, as for example in dilated cardiomyopathy (in contrast...
- tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres. The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle...
- Skeletal muscle cells and cardiac muscle cells both contain myofibrils and sarcomeres and form a striated muscle tissue. Cardiac muscle cells form the cardiac...
- both the number of sarcomeres in series in the fiber and their individual lengths. As a fiber changes length, the individual sarcomeres shorten or lengthen...
- this periodic alignment of the fibrils and sarcomeres. The names of the various sub-regions of the sarcomere are based on their relatively lighter or darker...
- during diastole, the walls are stretched and the length of sarcomeres increases. Sarcomere length can be approximated by the volume of the ventricle because...
- bundles of myofibrils containing the many contractile units known as sarcomeres, which give the tissue its striated (striped) appearance. Skeletal muscle...
- striatedhaving a striped appearance due to the arrangement of the sarcomeres. Skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles under the control of the somatic...
- each cardiac muscle cells, stretching their sarcomeres toward their optimal length. The stretching sarcomeres augments cardiac muscle contraction by increasing...