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Meaning of "sarcomere" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SARCOMERE

sarcomere  [ˈsɑːkəʊˌmɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SARCOMERE

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Sarcomere is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SARCOMERE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sarcomere

A sarcomere is the basic unit of a muscle. Muscles are composed of tubular muscle cells, which are formed in a process known as myogenesis. Muscle cells are composed of tubular myofibrils. Myofibrils are composed of repeating sections of sarcomeres, which appear under the microscope as dark and light bands. Sarcomeres are composed of long, fibrous proteins that slide past each other when the muscles contract and relax. Two of the important proteins are myosin, which forms the thick filament, and actin, which forms the thin filament. Myosin has a long, fibrous tail and a globular head, which binds to actin. The myosin head also binds to ATP, which is the source of energy for muscle movement. Myosin can only bind to actin when the binding sites on actin are exposed by calcium ions. Actin molecules are bound to the Z line, which forms the borders of the sarcomere. Other bands appear when the sarcomere is relaxed. A muscle cell from a biceps may contain 100,000 sarcomeres. The myofibrils of smooth muscle cells are not arranged into sarcomeres.

Definition of sarcomere in the English dictionary

The definition of sarcomere in the dictionary is any of the units that together comprise skeletal muscle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SARCOMERE


actinomere
ˈæktɪnəʊˌmɪə
antimere
ˈæntɪˌmɪə
arthromere
ˈɑːθrəˌmɪə
blastomere
ˈblæstəʊˌmɪə
Buttermere
ˈbʌtəˌmɪə
casimere
ˈkæsɪˌmɪə
cassimere
ˈkæsɪˌmɪə
centromere
ˈsɛntrəˌmɪə
chromomere
ˈkrəʊməˌmɪə
ectomere
ˈɛktəʊˌmɪə
Grasmere
ˈɡrɑːsˌmɪə
kerseymere
ˈkɜːzɪˌmɪə
macromere
ˈmækrəʊˌmɪə
mesomere
ˈmɛsəʊˌmɪə
metamere
ˈmɛtəˌmɪə
micromere
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmɪə
Rothermere
ˈrɒðəˌmɪə
telomere
ˈtɛləˌmɪə
uromere
ˈjʊərəʊˌmɪə
Windermere
ˈwɪndəˌmɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SARCOMERE

sarcolemma
sarcolemmal
sarcolemmata
sarcology
sarcoma
sarcomata
sarcomatoid
sarcomatoses
sarcomatosis
sarcomatous
sarconet
sarcophagal
sarcophagi
sarcophagous
sarcophagus
sarcoplasm
sarcoplasmic
sarcoptic
sarcosomal
sarcosome

WORDS THAT END LIKE SARCOMERE

anywhere
arriere
as it were
as you were
Calimere
cashmere
chimere
dungmere
epimere
everywhere
here
mere
out there
podomere
Point Calimere
rhabdomere
somewhere
there
Thirlmere
were

Synonyms and antonyms of sarcomere in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sarcomere» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SARCOMERE

Find out the translation of sarcomere to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sarcomere from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sarcomere» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肌节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sarcómero
570 millions of speakers

English

sarcomere
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sarcomere
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قسيم عضلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

саркомер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sarcômero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sarcomere
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sarcomère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sarcomere
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sarkomer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

筋節
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

근절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sarcomere
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sarcomere
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sarcomere
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरकुरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sarkomer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sarcomero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sarkomerów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

саркомер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sarcomer
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

sarcomere
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sarkomeer
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sarcomere
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

sarcomere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sarcomere

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SARCOMERE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SARCOMERE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sarcomere

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SARCOMERE»

Discover the use of sarcomere in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sarcomere and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Sarcomere and Skeletal Muscle Disease
Chapters in The Sarcomere and Skeletal Muscle Disease provide an up-to-date review of diseases caused by mutated proteins in the different sub-compartments of the sarcomere, document the techniques currently being used to investigate the ...
Nigel G. Laing, 2009
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Sarcomere Length Influences Proteolysis
The first two studies established that sarcomere length influences postmortem proteolysis of troponin T (TnT) and titin in excised bovine semitendinosus muscles.
Amanda D. Weaver, 2007
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Frozen Shoulder Workbook: Trigger Point Therapy for ...
The smallest unit of muscle contraction that can be seen at the microscopic level is in a tiny part of the myofibril called a sarcomere (Figures 2.8 and 2.9). Figure 2.9 shows a sarcomere relaxed (A) and contracted (B). Note that the contracted ...
Clair Davies, 2006
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Sarcomere Dynamics During Contraction-induced Injury to ...
CHAPTER 2 MAGNITUDE OF SARCOMERE EXTENSION CORRELATES WITH INITIAL SARCOMERE LENGTH DURING LENGTHENING OF ACTIVATED SINGLE FIBERS FROM SOLEUS MUSCLE OF RATS Introduction Skeletal muscle is ...
Appaji Panchangam, 2008
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Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Cardiac Contractile Force
sMy of i lament overlap 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.0 Sarcomere Length (pm) 3.4 3.8 Figure 19. The length-tension relationship in frog skeletal muscle as described by Gordon et al. (1966) is shown along with inset diagrams. The length-tension ...
D. M. Bers, 2001
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Muscle Biophysics: From Molecules to Cells
limb of the force–length relationship agreed with the idea that isometric steady- state force was uniquely determined by sarcomere length. However, neither sarcomere force nor sarcomere lengths were directly measured in that study, and  ...
Rassier Dilson J.E, 2010
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Myofibrillogenesis
CHAPTER. 5. Maintaining. the. Fully. Differentiated. Cardiac. Sarcomere. Daniel. E. Michele. and. Joseph. M. Metzger. The contractile proteins of the fully differentiated muscle cell are arranged in a highly ordered three-dimensional lattice.
Dipak K. Dube, 2001
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Physiologic Basis of Respiratory Disease
The functional motor unit of the muscle cells is the sarcomere. SKELETAL MUSCLE STRUCTURE Skeletal muscle cells are endowed with a specialized design. The greater part of their cell body is occupied by long fibrous proteins. These are ...
Qutayba Hamid, Joanne Shannon, James Martin, 2005
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The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: An IOC Medical ...
Optimization of sarcomere length for force development During postnatal development there is a considerable increase in the length of muscles and this results from the constituent fibres adding on sarcomeres serially. Studies with radioactive ...
Paavo Komi, 2008
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Effects of PH Enhancement on Sarcomere Length, Desmin ...
This research determined if pH-enhancement (PHE) improved palatability of normal and callipyge lamb and the mechanism of improved palatability.
Amanda K. R. Everts, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SARCOMERE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sarcomere is used in the context of the following news items.
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A recurrent copy number variation of the NEB triplicate region: only …
Nebulin is a gigantic protein of the muscle sarcomere, which acts as a molecular ruler regulating thin (actin) filament length, actin–myosin interactions and force ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Restore Normal Function in Heart Muscle …
Scientists noticed that in diabetic heart muscle cells, O-GlcNAc and one of its chaperone enzymes, OGT, move away from the sarcomere's border and toward the ... «Newswise, Jun 15»
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Cytokinetics Presents Results From Phase I Studies of CK-2127107
Skeletal muscle contractility is driven by the sarcomere, the fundamental unit of ... which sensitizes the sarcomere to calcium, leading to an increase in skeletal ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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Applied Science: How much do you know about muscle movement?
Each muscle fiber is then made up of long strings of sarcomeres. These sarcomeres contain thin and thick myofilaments which are the smallest units of a muscle ... «New Philadelphia Times Reporter, May 15»
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Protein Found to be Crucial for Proper Functioning of the Heart
Powerful microscopes were used to study the heart sarcomere — the basic ... There are two types of fibrous proteins in sarcomeres that help them contract, thick ... «Cardiovascular Disease News, Mar 15»
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Tiny Protein Keeps Heart Beating in Time
The sarcomere, which is about one fiftieth the diameter of a human hair, expands and contracts with every heartbeat. For the heart to beat properly, trillions of ... «Voice of America, Feb 15»
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Researchers find protein that keeps the heart beating on time
For years, researchers have known that calcium acts as a trigger for the heartbeat, activating proteins that cause the sarcomeres - the fibrous proteins that make ... «RedOrbit, Feb 15»
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Keeping the heart's engine in sync: Contractions' efficiency depends …
Illustration of a cardiac sarcomere, the elementary unit of cardiac muscle cells that contracts on a beat-to-beat basis. By being precisely positioned near the ... «Medical Xpress, Feb 15»
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Public Release: 20-Feb-2015 New research pinpoints crucial …
For years, researchers have known that calcium acts as a trigger for the heartbeat, activating proteins that cause the sarcomeres - the fibrous proteins that make ... «EurekAlert, Feb 15»
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Cytokinetics and Astellas Expand Development Collaboration Of …
Skeletal muscle contraction dynamics are driven by the sarcomere, with the skeletal muscle myosin being the particular cytoskeletal motor protein that converts ... «SMA News Today, Dec 14»

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