Muscle Cell (Noun)
Meaning
An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The muscle cell, also known as a muscle fiber, is the basic structural and functional unit of muscle tissue.
- Skeletal muscle cells are multinucleated, meaning they contain more than one nucleus.
- Smooth muscle cells are typically longer than skeletal muscle cells and have a smaller diameter.
- In a voluntary muscle, such as the biceps, muscle cells are bundled together into a large, complex unit.
- Myofibrils, found within the muscle cell, are composed of repeating units of contractile proteins called sarcomeres.