STRIATED muscle fibres are surrounded by a delicate membrane or sheath, the sarcolemma. It has frequently been stated 1,2,3 that this sheath is composed of a network of collagenous or reticular ...

Skeletal muscle cells are prone to plasma membrane lesions under physiological levels of mechanical stress. To prevent cell death and to avoid muscle regeneration with concomitant depletion of stem ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The sarcolemma of the smooth muscle cell displays two alternating structural domains in the electron microscope: densely-staining plaques that ...