Medical term:
sarcolemma
sarcolemma
[sahr″ko-lem´ah]the delicate elastic sheath covering every striated muscle fiber. adj., adj sarcolem´mic, sarcolem´mous.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
sar·co·lem·ma
(sar'kō-lem'ă),The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber; formerly, the delicate connective tissue of the endomysium was included under this term by some.
Synonym(s): myolemma
[sarco- + G. lemma, husk]
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sarcolemma
(sär′kə-lĕm′ə)n.
A thin membrane enclosing a striated muscle fiber.
sar′co·lem′mal adj.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
sar·co·lem·ma
(sahr'kō-lem'ă)The plasma membrane of a muscle fiber; formerly, the delicate connective tissue of the endomysium was included under this term by some.
[sarco- + G. lemma, husk]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
sarcolemma
A delicate membrane surrounding a striped muscle fibre.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Fig. 274 Saturated vapour pressure. The effect of ambient temperature on the vapour pressure at the surface of a mesophyll.
sarcolemma
the outer membrane surrounding the muscle fibre (see MYOFIBRIL). It is similar in biochemical composition to the plasmalemma.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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