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There are unknown amounts of fibers (fibre) in muscles
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What is the functioning unit of a muscle cell?
Sarcomere
Individual muscle cells are called?
muscle fibre
What is the muscular structure?
The myofibril is the basic muscle cell, within which is the sarcomere, the basic unit of muscle contraction.
What is the purpose of the sarcomere?
To contract when calcium ions are released into the muscle cell cytoplams.
What muscle cell filaments come closer together when the sarcomere shortens?
thin filaments
What is the functional unit of a muscle called?
Sarcomere
What is basic unit of a muscle?
sarcomeresSarcomereSarcomeresThe functional unit of a skeletal muscle is called a sarcomere. Hole's Anatomy 12th edition, pg 287 states: "Muscle fibers, and in a way muscles themselves, are basically collections of sarcomeres, discussed later in this chapter as the functional units of muscle contraction."sarcomere.
Where is the sarcomere located?
Muscle
Is Sarcomere and sarcolemma the same thing?
sarcomere and sarcolemma are two different things. a sarcomere is between two d zisks of a myofiber (muscle fiber). a sarcolemma is a plasma membrane. there are many sections of sarcomere under the layer of sarcolemma.
What is the name of the repeating pattern of units of a muscle cell?
I do believe you are asking about a sarcomere, units of repeating bands that make up the fibers (myofibrils) of a striated muscle.
What is the function unit of a muscle?
Sarcomere
What change occur in sacomere during muscle contraction?
The sarcomere itself will become shorter.The sarcomere will shorten.
