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Dictionary » M » Muscle cells Muscle cellsmuscle cell (Science: cell biology, pathology) cell of muscle tissue, in striated (skeletal) muscle it comprises a syncytium formed by the fusion of embryonic myoblasts, in cardiac muscle a cell linked to the others by specialise d junctional complexes (intercalated discs), in smooth muscle a single cell with large amounts of actin and myosin capable of contracting to a small fraction of its resting length. ![]()
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Results from our forumStem and Progenitor Cell QuestionsI shall try to answer. 1. Stem cells are totipotent in that they can be made to be any cell in the organism. Totipotent ... in that they are called pluripotent and can make any cell of that lineage (muscle cell lineage, blood cell lineage, neuron cell lineage, etc.). 2. Progenitor ...
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Dilation or ConstrictionWe have different kinds of receptors in our vessel cells. Some might constrict like digestive and some might dilate like muscle vessels. But the work of kidney is not only filtering blood. It's other function is to regulate ...
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What does peroxynitrite do in cytotoxicity of cells?... depletion are involved in the cytotoxicity in macrophages and smooth muscle cells exposed to peroxynitrite". The article is basically in the field of biochemistry ...
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Questions about cells, atoms, respiratory system... which are put together into organelles, which are put together into cells. Plant and animal is an oversimplification, and also inaccurate. The ... is why we have different types of blood cells that are different from muscle cells, bone cells, skin cells, etc. They may all be human cells and ...
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Re: it also depends on what cell type you are referring to. Muscle cells do not produce lactate (at all) unless they are deprived of oxygen, which happens during physical ...
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