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