The sarcolemma (sarco (from sarx) from Greek; flesh, and lemma from Greek; sheath), also called the myolemma, is the cell membrane surrounding a skeletal...

reticulum; and the cell membrane in a muscle cell is termed the sarcolemma. The sarcolemma receives and conducts stimuli. Skeletal muscle cells are the individual...

certain cell types. Sarcolemma in muscle cells: Sarcolemma is the name given to the cell membrane of muscle cells. Although the sarcolemma is similar to other...

deterioration of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Also, the breakdown of the sarcolemma causes additional calcium to enter the cytosol. The calcium activates...

(nAChRs) on the cell membrane of the muscle fiber, also known as the sarcolemma. nAChRs are ionotropic receptors, meaning they serve as ligand-gated ion...

centrally positioned, the myonucleus is elongated and located close to the sarcolemma. The myonuclei are quite uniformly arranged along the fiber with each...

bilayer as the surface membrane or sarcolemma of skeletal or cardiac muscle cells. They connect directly with the sarcolemma at one end before travelling deep...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dystrophin is a protein located between the sarcolemma and the outermost layer of myofilaments in the muscle fiber (myofiber)...

in collagen and endomysium, into fascicles. Each muscle fiber contains sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, and sarcoplasmic reticulum. The functional unit of a muscle...

costamere is a different component that connects the sarcomere to the sarcolemma. Two of the important proteins are myosin, which forms the thick filament...

which connects the sarcomere of the muscle to the cell membrane (i.e. the sarcolemma). Costameres are sub-sarcolemmal protein assemblies circumferentially...

receptors. Depolarizing blocking agents: These agents act by depolarizing the sarcolemma of the skeletal muscle fiber. This persistent depolarization makes the...

dihydropyridine receptors, (DHPRs). DHPRs are located on the sarcolemma (which includes the surface sarcolemma and the transverse tubules), while the RyRs reside...

Detailed view of a neuromuscular junction: Presynaptic terminal Sarcolemma Synaptic vesicle Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Mitochondrion...

rhabdomyolysis results from damage to the intercellular proteins inside the sarcolemma. Myosin and actin break down in the sarcomeres when ATP is no longer available...

IP3-mediated calcium release, as well as enhanced calcium entry across the sarcolemma through calcium channels. The rise in intracellular calcium complexes...

the flight muscle of bar-headed geese are significantly closer to the sarcolemma, decreasing the intracellular diffusion distance of oxygen from the capillaries...

autoantibodies to the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors. Presynaptic terminal Sarcolemma Synaptic vesicle Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Mitochondrion Specialty...

tension-dependent Na+/H+ exchangers, bringing Na+ ions into the sarcolemma. This increase in Na+ in the sarcolemma, reduces the Na+ gradient exploited by sodium-calcium...

stimulated, an action potential is generated and the permeability of the sarcolemma is altered. This process is known as initiation. A tendon is a tough,...

membranes of flagella, cilia, microvillus, filopodia and lamellipodia, the sarcolemma of muscle cells, as well as specialized myelin and dendritic spine membranes...

(sarcolemma), as impulses, passing from one cell to the next through channels, in structures known as gap junctions. Certain regions of the sarcolemma...

a muscle-specific, type III intermediate filament that integrates the sarcolemma, Z disk, and nuclear membrane in sarcomeres and regulates sarcomere architecture...

acetylcholine receptor, an integral membrane protein in the membrane (the sarcolemma) of the muscle fiber. However, the acetylcholine does not remain bound;...

abnormal function of the dystrophin-glycoprotein-associated complex in the sarcolemma of skeletal muscles. Seventy to eighty percent of cases of the most severe...

adhesions) in the cell membrane of the smooth muscle cell, called the sarcolemma. The adherens junctions consist of large number of proteins including...

apparatus near the nucleus, mitochondria just inside the cell membrane (sarcolemma), and a smooth endoplasmic reticulum (specialized for muscle function...

causes related to the ion channels in the skeletal muscle fiber membrane (sarcolemma).[citation needed] Two documented types, DM1 and DM2 exist. In myotonic...

Myosatellite cells are located between the basement membrane and the sarcolemma of muscle fibers, and can lie in grooves either parallel or transversely...

several biochemical properties and morphological features of the muscle sarcolemma; they are found symmetrically along both sides of the eel. When the eel...