Term: skeletal muscle cell H zone
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Name: skeletal muscle cell
Synonyms: skeletal muscle fiber, striated muscle cell
Definition:
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009115]
Name: H zone
Synonyms: H band, H disc
Definition: A relatively pale zone traversing the center of the A band of a sarcomere, visible in relaxed muscle fibers; consists of the central portion of thick (myosin) filaments that are not overlapped by thin (actin) filaments.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0031673]    QuickGO    AmiGO