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  2. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The muscle which can 'cancel' or to some degree reverse the action of the muscle. Muscle synergies are noted in parentheses when relevant. O (Occurrences) Number of times that the named muscle row occurs in a standard human body. Here it may also be denoted when a given muscles only occurs in a male or a female body.

  3. Intercalated disc - Wikipedia

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    Intercalated discs or lines of Eberth are microscopic identifying features of cardiac muscle. Cardiac muscle consists of individual heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) connected by intercalated discs to work as a single functional syncytium. By contrast, skeletal muscle consists of multinucleated muscle

  4. Titin - Wikipedia

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    An N-terminal Z-disc region and a C-terminal M-line region bind to the Z-line and M-line of the sarcomere, respectively, so that a single titin molecule spans half the length of a sarcomere. Titin also contains binding sites for muscle-associated proteins so it serves as an adhesion template for the assembly of contractile machinery in muscle ...

  5. Diad - Wikipedia

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    However, cardiac muscle cells contain a diad, which is a linking of only one sarcoplasmic reticulum with its respective t-tubule. Another notable distinction between all muscle cells and cardiac muscle cells is the presence of intercalated discs. These tight connections between the cardiomyocytes allows for the accelerated sending of action ...

  6. Sliding filament theory - Wikipedia

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    It is more elaborate and was based on their study of rabbit muscle using phase contrast and electron microscopes. According to them: [19] the backbone of a muscle fibre is actin filaments which extend from the Z line up to one end of the H zone, where they are attached to an elastic component which they named "S filament";

  7. Cardiac muscle - Wikipedia

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    Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, the others being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. It is an involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the wall of the heart .

  8. Dystrophin - Wikipedia

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    In humans, the DMD gene is located on the short (p) arm of the X chromosome between positions 21.2 and 21.1. Dystrophin is a rod-shaped cytoplasmic protein, and a vital part of a protein complex that connects the cytoskeleton of a muscle fiber to the surrounding extracellular matrix through the cell membrane.

  9. Delayed onset muscle soreness - Wikipedia

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    [2]: 63 According to this "muscle damage" theory of DOMS, these ruptures are microscopic lesions at the Z-line of the muscle sarcomere. [5] The soreness has been attributed to the increased tension force and muscle lengthening from eccentric exercise. [6]