SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM


Meaning of SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM in English

/sahr'keuh plaz"mik/ , Cell Biol.

a system of membrane-bound tubules that surrounds muscle fibrils, releasing calcium ions during contraction and absorbing them during relaxation.

[ 1950-55; SARCO- + PLASM(A) + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .