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muscle cell

n. an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body [syn: muscle fiber, muscle fibre]

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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?