Medical term:
sarcosome
sar·co·some
(sar'kō-sōm),1. Formerly, any granule in a muscle fiber.
2. Now, sometimes used synonymously with myomitochondrion.
[sarco- + G. soma, body]
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sarcosome
(sär′kə-sōm′)n.
A large specialized mitrochondrion found in striated muscle.
sar′co·so′mal adj.
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sarcosome
(1) An obsolete term for a mitochondrion within muscle (myomitochondrion), a distinction of no structural or functional utility.(2) A nonspecific term for any organelle within a myocyte.
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sarcosome
(săr′kō-sōm) [″ + soma, body]Former term for mitochondria, particularly of muscle cells.
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