WordNet
n. an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body [syn: muscle fiber, muscle fibre]
Usage examples of "muscle cell".
The secretion of acetylcholine alters the properties of the muscle cell membrane, brings about the influx of sodium ion, and, in short, initiates a wave of depolarization just like that which takes place in a nerve cell.
Presto: parasympathetic symptoms before all hell breaks loose secondary to the nerve and muscle cell destruction.
In the laboratory, a muscle cell can be genetically transformed into a heart cell by going back to their common source.
Pelorat said, And, I take it, the group mind, so to speak, of the group consciousness is much stronger than an individual mind, just as a muscle is much stronger than an individual muscle cell.
The blood delivers air and food to burn inside the mito-whatever in the middle of your every muscle cell.
What's the difference between a blood cell such as a lymphocyte, and a muscle cell?