Glossary M
Glossary M
Myocardium is the cardiac or heart muscle that provides the force of contraction to eject blood; muscle type with many mitochondria that is dependent on a constant supply of oxygen.
Myoclonus refers to a neurologic movement disorder characterized by brief, involuntary, twitching or "shock-like" contractions of a muscle or muscle group. These jerk-like movements may be accompanied by periodic, unexpected interruptions in voluntary muscle contraction, leading to lapses of sustained posture (known as "negative myoclonus").
Myofibrils refers to the portion of the muscle containing the thick and thin contractile filaments; a series of sarcomeres where the repeating pattern of the contractile proteins gives the striated appearance to skeletal muscle.
Myopia may be defined as a fatty layer coating some axons.. Myopia is also defined as an inability to see distant objects clearly.
Myopia is also called Nearsightedness.
Myosin refers to contractile protein in the thick filament of a myofibril that contains the cross-bridge that can bind actin and split ATP to cause tension development.