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MYOFIBRIL [2 records]

Record 1 2014-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • Biochemistry
DEF

One of the fine longitudinal fibrils occurring in a skeletal or cardiac muscle fiber comprising many regularly overlapped ultramicroscopic thick and thin myofilaments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Biochimie
DEF

Filament long et grêle constituant l'élément caractéristique de tout tissu contractile, dont le nombre et la forme varient selon le type de muscle auquel il appartient.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Pig Raising
DEF

A congenital defect of the hindlimbs of piglets that prevents standing.

OBS

The piglet is in sternal recumbency with the hindlimbs splayed and can only make swimming movements in attempts to rise.

Key term(s)
  • spraddle leg
  • splay leg

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Élevage des porcs
DEF

Affection du porc se manifestant par une anomalie des fibrilles musculaires.

Spanish

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