MUSCLE FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muscle fiber mean? 

• MUSCLE FIBER (noun)
  The noun MUSCLE FIBER has 1 sense:

1. an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body

  Familiarity information: MUSCLE FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCLE FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

muscle cell; muscle fiber; muscle fibre

Hypernyms ("muscle fiber" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber))

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscle fiber"):

striated muscle cell; striated muscle fiber (an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue)

smooth muscle cell (cells of the smooth muscles)

Holonyms ("muscle fiber" is a part of...):

muscle; musculus (one of the contractile organs of the body)

 Context examples 

The thin layer of smooth muscle fibers usually found as a part of the tunica mucosa deep to the lamina propria mucosae of the large intestine.

(Large Intestinal Muscularis Mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 protein, plays a role in muscle fiber organization.

(KRT19 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of striated skeletal muscle fiber that contracts quicker than a red fiber but slower than a white fiber and contains only a moderate amount of mitochondria, myoglobin and sarcoplasm.

(Intermediate Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)

A sustained and usually painful contraction of muscle fibers.

(Muscle Cramp, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A thin layer of smooth muscle fibers found as a part of the tunica mucosa in the gastrointestinal tract and urinary bladder deep to the lamina propria mucosae.

(Muscularis Mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of inflammatory cells in the connective tissue that surrounds groups of muscle fibers (perimysium) and the connective tissue that surrounds individual muscle fibers (endomysium).

(Perimysial and Endomysial Inflammatory Infiltrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Occurring in, or located in the connective tissue that surrounds groups of muscle fibers.

(Perimysial, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes filamin-C protein, is involved in the modulation of both myogenesis and muscle fiber structure.

(FLNC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Motor neurons which activate the contractile regions of intrafusal muscle fibers, thus adjusting the sensitivity of the muscle spindles to stretch.

(Gamma Motor Neuron, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An enzyme found in pineapples that breaks down other proteins, such as collagen and muscle fiber, and has anti-inflammatory properties.

(Bromelain, NCI Dictionary)