muscle fibre

collocation in English

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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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fibre
noun
uk
/ˈfaɪ.bər/us
/ˈfaɪ.bɚ/
any of the thread-like parts that form plant or artificial material and can be made ...
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(Definition ofmuscleandfibrefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All of these substances triggered concentrationdependentmusclefibrecontraction.
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Previous studies have indicated that more than 1 type ofmusclefibreis present in flatworms.
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So the present study casts doubt on previous classifications ofmusclefibretypes.
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For example, intermediatemusclefibretypes can become faster or slower depending on use.
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That binding opens the receptor pore, allowing cations, mainly sodium, to enter themusclefibre, and triggers the muscle fibre action potential, which through excitation-contraction coupling leads to muscle contraction.
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That binding opens the receptor pore, allowing cations, mainly sodium, to enter themusclefibreand triggers the muscle fibre action potential which, through excitation-contraction coupling, leads to muscle contraction.
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In these organisms, the position of the nucleus with respect to themusclefibreis less certain.
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On occasion (arrowhead), it appears that more than 1musclefibreis associated with a single cell body.
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Thus, dystrophin and the associated proteins are thought to have both a structural and a signalling role in themusclefibre.
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Themusclefibrepreparations will be valuable as models to examine the potential muscle action of existing fasciolicides and to test the activity of novel compounds.
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Amusclefibrewas deemed to have elicited a contraction when it shortened to less than 50 % of its original length within 30 sec of addition of test compound.
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In lighter infections these pseudocysts are isolated from the fish's immune system within themusclefibre.
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Eachmusclefibrebegins twitching independently, and in some cases one single muscle impulse gets loose, so to speak, and courses round and round the heart.
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Upon infection by the actinosporean stage the sporoplasm migrates to amusclefibrewhere it forms a pseudocyst.
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In addition, the pectoralis minor muscle has amusclefibreorientation that is much alike with the facial muscles.
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Dystrophin protein is found inmusclefibremembrane; its helical nature allows it to act like a spring or shock absorber.
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These muscles are composed of two types ofmusclefibre, striated muscle bundles for fast actions and smooth muscle bundles for maintaining a steady pull.
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These cells were distinguished frommusclefibrenuclei and the motor end plate, making the third component of the tripartite synaptic model.
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Because the anaerobicmusclefibreuses its fuel faster than the blood and intracellular restorative cycles can resupply it, the maximum number of repetitions is limited.
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This prevents calcium ions from leaving themusclefibreand hence calcium ions keep on binding with troponin causing the cross-bridge to remain between myosin heads and actin proteins.
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A single motor neuron may innervate many muscle fibres (muscle cells), and amusclefibrecan undergo many action potentials in the time taken for a single muscle twitch (fasciculation).
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