myocyte
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- noun
- /ˈmaɪəˌsaɪt/
- Specialized
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miocito
- Cardiac myocytes are responsible for the rhythmic contractions of the heart during each heartbeat.
- cardiac myocytes
So just for space convenience of start to abbreviate cardiac myocytes or heart cells as CMS.
- So just for space convenience of start to abbreviate cardiac myocytes or heart cells as CMS.
Examples
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During human development, cardiac myocytes are made by progenitor stem cells and proliferate to form the heart.
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Most expressed sarcomeric actin, a specific marker for cardiac myocytes.
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The upside is we got more efficient cardiac myocytes and better hearts.
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Once the heart is formed, the myocytes transform from immature cells into mature cells that cannot proliferate.
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And the beat is triggered by collections of electrically excitable myocytes that rapidly spread synchronized waves of current across the heart.
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Ventricular myocytes must depolarize and repolarize—contract and relax—in unison for maximal pumping efficiency.
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Myocytes are essential for myocyte contraction, allowing movement in the body.
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During exercise, the myocytes in the muscles become more active to support physical activity.
Synonyms
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A long cell in the body that gets shorter to make the body move
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A long body cell that makes muscles move by becoming shorter and longer
How Healthy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
myocyte = cyte (opaque) = myo + cyte
Formed from specialized Greek combining forms (myo- and -cyte) that are unfamiliar to average learners, so knowing one element rarely allows inference of the whole.
Etymology
Myocyte comes from the Greek parts myo- meaning 'muscle' and -cyte meaning 'cell'. A helpful memory is that the myo- part comes from an old Greek word for 'mouse' because people thought a moving muscle looked like a little mouse under the skin. So a myocyte is literally a 'muscle cell', which explains why it contracts to make the body move.