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SarcoplasmThe Sarcoplasm of a muscle fiber is comparable to the cytoplasm of other cells, but it houses unusually large amounts of glycosomes (granules of stored glycogen) and significant amounts of myoglobin, an oxygen binding protein. |
Histology: muscle tissue | |
|---|---|
| skeletal muscle/general | epimysium, fascicle, perimysium, endomysium, muscle fiber (intrafusal, extrafusal), myofibril
Additional recommended knowledgesarcomere (a, i, and h bands; z and m lines), myofilaments (thin filament/actin, thick filament/myosin, elastic filament/titin, nebulin), tropomyosin, troponin (T, C, I) costamere (dystrophin, α,β-dystrobrevin, syncoilin, synemin/desmuslin, dysbindin, sarcoglycan, dystroglycan, sarcospan), desmin neuromuscular junction, motor unit, muscle spindle, excitation-contraction coupling, sliding filament mechanism myoblast, satellite cell, sarcoplasm, sarcolemma, sarcoplasmic reticulum, T-tubule |
| cardiac muscle | myocardium, intercalated disc, nebulette |
| smooth muscle | calmodulin, vascular smooth muscle |
