Search Results for: skeletal muscle
Transplanted Skeletal Muscle Mimics Heart Muscle; Helps Failing Heart Pump, Duke Researchers Say
DURHAM, N.C. -- Immature muscle cells transplanted from the leg of an animal to its heart apparently can... Read More
Skeletal muscle
Definition noun, plural: skeletal muscles A voluntary, striated (vertebrate) muscle that is associated with the skeleton,... Read More
Smooth muscle
The smooth muscle can be described as a type of muscle in the human body that is non-striated and involuntary in action.... Read More
Sarcolemma
Sarcolemma Definition What is the sarcolemma? It is the thin, transparent, extensible plasma membrane of the muscle cell.... Read More
Skeletal muscle tissue engineering
Invited Review The reconstruction of skeletal muscle tissue either lost by traumatic injury or tumor ablation or... Read More
Exercise Effects of Muscle Insulin Signaling and Action Invited Review: Exercise training-induced changes in insulin signaling in skeletal muscle
Exercise Effects of Muscle Insulin Signaling and Action Invited Review: Exercise training-induced changes in insulin... Read More
Muscle – Quiz
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Myocardium
Myocardium Definition What is the myocardium of the heart? It is the muscular middle layer of the heart that is... Read More
Borrowed Biceps Muscle May Help Boost Failing Hearts
DURHAM, N.C. - It's a cruel irony that the body's most crucial components are also the most vulnerable. Snap your spine... Read More
Cardiac muscle
Definition noun, plural: cardiac muscles (1) The heart muscle of the vertebrates (2) myocardium Supplement The muscles of... Read More
Muscle tissue
Definition noun, plural: muscle tissues An animal tissue capable of contracting, and therefore enables movement or tension... Read More
Voluntary muscle
Definition noun, plural: voluntary muscles A muscle that can be controlled voluntarily Supplement Some of the muscles of the... Read More
Muscles Are Smarter Than You Think: Acidity Helps Prevent Muscle Fatigue
Scientists at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, have discovered the... Read More
Muscular system
Definition noun An organ system comprised of skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles that are responsible for... Read More
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Definition noun plural: sarcoplasmic reticula (cell biology) The special type of smooth endoplasmic reticulum found in... Read More
Muscles of the Apes – a thwack on human muscle evolution
Summary: A recent finding suggests that apes do have the muscles for bipedalism, vocal communication, and facial... Read More
Metabolic syndrome — don’t blame the belly fat
Abdominal fat, the spare tire that many of us carry, has long been implicated as a primary suspect in causing the metabolic... Read More
Striated muscle
Definition noun, plural: striated muscles A muscle that is made up of long fibers characterized by transverse or oblique... Read More
Fat-generated Hormone Drives Energetic Capacity Of Muscle
The fat-generated hormone adiponectin plays an important role in the energetic capacity of skeletal muscle, according to a... Read More
Catabolism
Catabolism Definition Catabolism is the branch of the metabolic process that breaks down complex, big molecules into... Read More
Circulation – Quiz
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While Focusing on Heart Disease Interventions, Researchers Discover New Tactic Against Fatal Muscular Dystrophy
NEW YORK (Feb. 8, 2009) – Based on a striking similarity between heart disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophy,... Read More
Hibernating Bears Conserve More Muscle Strength Than Humans On Bed Rest Do
A new study in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology quantifiably measures the loss of strength and endurance... Read More
The sturdier sex? — Study by Pittsburgh scientists finds female stem cells work better
Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according... Read More
New roles for growth factors: Enticing nerve cells to muscles
Spinal cord motor neurons (shown in green) extend tentacle-like protrusions called axons (shown in yellow)... Read More
Human derived stem cells can repair rat hearts damaged by heart attack
When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can... Read More
Fermentation
Fermentation Definition What is fermentation? Fermentation is the breaking down of sugar molecules into simpler compounds... Read More
Smooth Muscle Contraction and Relaxation
R. Clinton Webb Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912 Abstract This brief... Read More
Unstriated muscle
unstriated muscle --> smooth muscle (Science: anatomy, pathology, physiology) muscle tissue in vertebrates made up from... Read More
Thick filament
Definition noun, plural: thick filaments A type of myofilament that is made up of bipolar myosin II filaments, and is... Read More
Muscle spindle
Definition noun A fusiform mechanoreceptor (specifically a stretch receptor) within the skeletal muscle, composed of a... Read More
Fight Against Obesity: Increase Cells’ Energy Consumption With Mitochondrial Uncoupling?
With obesity still on the increase, it appears that the main weapon in the fight against it - reducing energy consumption... Read More
Somatic nervous system
Definition noun The part of the peripheral nervous system that consists of afferent nerves responsible in relaying motor and... Read More
Neuromuscular spindle
Definition noun A fusiform end organ within the skeletal muscle. It is composed of a bundle of 3 to 10 striated muscle... Read More
Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes – Quiz
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Myofilament
Definition noun, plural: myofilaments Any of the filaments made up of proteins and comprise the... Read More