Term Name: myofibril
Synonyms:
Definition: The contractile element of skeletal and cardiac muscle; a long, highly organized bundle of actin, myosin, and other proteins that contracts by a sliding filament mechanism.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0030016]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: costamere myofilament sarcomere
is a type of: contractile muscle fiber
has subtype: cardiac myofibril skeletal muscle myofibril