Terminology Of Myocyte

The unusual microstructure of muscle cells has led cell biologists to create specialized terminology. However, each term specific to muscle cells has a counterpart that is used in the terminology applied to other types of cells



Muscle cell                    Other organismal cells
sarcoplasm                    cytoplasm
sarcoplasmic reticulum      smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER)
sarcosome                    mitochondrion
sarcolemma                    cell membrane or plasma membrane

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