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Answer for the clue "One of the segments into which a myofibril is divided ", 9 letters:
sarcomere

Word definitions for sarcomere in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sarcomere (Greek sarx "flesh", meros "part") is the basic unit of striated muscle tissue . Skeletal muscles are composed of tubular muscle cells ( myocytes called muscle fibers ) which are formed in a process known as myogenesis . Muscle fibers are composed ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context muscle English) The contractile unit of the myofibril of a striated muscle.

Usage examples of sarcomere.

One variation is the different structures of ometvah muscles, which have thicker and more abundant thick and thin filaments in the measurement of one sarcomere on a muscle fiber.