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Sarcolemma

noun
1.
An extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber.



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... fibrils and a semiliquid substance, called the sarcoplasm. At each end the cell tapers to a point from which the sarcolemma appears to continue as a fine thread, and this, by attaching itself to the inclosing sheath, holds the cell in place. Most of the muscle cells receive, at some portion of their length, the termination ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.


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