Term: skeletal muscle A band
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Name: skeletal muscle
Synonyms:
Definition: Muscle, composed of long cylindrical, multinucleated cells that attaches to the skeleton via tendons.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005277]
Name: A band
Synonyms: A disc, anisotropic disc, Q disc, transverse disc
Definition: The dark-staining region of a sarcomere, in which myosin thick filaments are present; the center is traversed by the paler H zone, which in turn contains the M line.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0031672]    QuickGO    AmiGO