muscle cell

collocation in English

meaningsofmuscleandcell

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muscle
noun
uk
/ˈmʌs.əl/us
/ˈmʌs.əl/
one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofmuscleandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each point indicates an individualmusclecellrecording.
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However,musclecelldifferentiation was not rescued in these hybrid larvae, suggesting that maternal changes are also involved in the evolution of direct development.
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The positioning of themusclecellbodies beneath the longitudinal muscle layer and their connections with the muscle layers have also been determined.
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At the cellular level,musclecellintegrity is lost as a result of a breakdown in the structure of the sarcolemma.
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The infectedmusclecelltransformed to the nurse cell, whose cytoplasm was characterized by extensive smooth endoplasmic reticulum.
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No reaction was observed on the infectedmusclecellitself.
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At the periphery of the collagen fibres (f), the texture of themusclecell(mc) appears to be partially conserved.
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The area damaged by infection was sealed off from the unaffected area by the septum formation in themusclecell.
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But the satellite cell developed amorphous cytoplasm which does not fuse with the infectedmusclecell.
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The histological analysis of the capsule formation revealed that the basophilic cytoplasm is formed by the transformation of amusclecellafter the newborn-larva invasion.
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Freeze-fracture studies have shown that the myofilaments of themusclecelldisappear and are replaced by an extensive smooth endoplasmic reticulum that buds off vesicles.
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The vast majority of these diseases arise from defects in either cytoskeletal or structural proteins, resulting in a breakdown ofmusclecellintegrity.
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Ultrastructurally, eachmusclecellis surrounded by a well-defined membrane (sarcolemma).
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The gland cell of the sector divides eachmusclecellinto two parts that join at the apex.
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