| Term: | cardiac muscle cell A band |
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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: | cardiac muscle cell |
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| Synonyms: | cardiac muscle cells, cardiac myocyte, cardiomyocyte |
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| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009316] |
| Name: | A band |
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| Synonyms: | A disc, anisotropic disc, Q disc, transverse disc |
| Definition: | The dark-staining region of a sarcomere, in which myosin thick filaments are present; the center is traversed by the paler H zone, which in turn contains the M line. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0031672] QuickGO AmiGO |