…Morphologically, cardiac muscle belongs to the same striated muscle family as skeletal muscle, but unlike skeletal muscle, its movements are independent of our will (involuntary), and in this respect it has properties similar to smooth muscle. When viewed under an optical microscope, cardiac muscle fibers are connected in a meshwork, with the striped pattern characteristic of striated muscle, and horizontal lines called bright lines or intercalated discs are found here and there. The meshwork structure of cardiac muscle fibers was once thought to be a single giant cell (syncytium), but electron microscopes have revealed that it is a meshwork of branched mononuclear cardiac muscle fibers (cells), with no direct continuity between the cells. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "intervening plate" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…形態学的には,心筋は骨格筋と同じ横紋筋に属するが,骨格筋と異なり,その運動はわれわれの意志とは独立しており(不随意),この点で平滑筋に近い性質をもっている。光学顕微鏡で見ると,心筋繊維が網目状につながっており,横紋筋特有の縞模様が見られ,またところどころに光輝線もしくは介在板と呼ばれる横線がある。かつて心筋繊維の網状構造は一つの巨大な細胞(合胞体)と考えられていたが,電子顕微鏡によって単核の分枝のある心筋繊維(細胞)が網目状につながったものであり,細胞の間に直接的な連続はないことがわかった。… ※「介在板」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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