| Term: | skeletal muscle sarcolemma |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | skeletal muscle |
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| Definition: | Muscle, composed of long cylindrical, multinucleated cells that attaches to the skeleton via tendons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005277] |
| Name: | sarcolemma |
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| Definition: | The outer membrane of a muscle cell, consisting of the plasma membrane, a covering basement membrane (about 100 nm thick and sometimes common to more than one fiber), and the associated loose network of collagen fibers. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0042383] QuickGO AmiGO |