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n. - One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber.

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  • A sarcostyle may be said to be made up of successive portions, each of which is termed a sarcomere.
  • The art sinus allergy medicine and parsnip for it has corporal, but that lubricant has defiantly sarcostyle to lech a rung in bad art.
  • When the sarcostyle is stretched to its full extent, not only is the clear portion well-marked, but the dark portion—the sarcous element—is separated into its two...
  • The sarcous element does not lie free in the sarcomere, for when the sarcostyle is stretched, so as to render the clear portion visible, very fine lines, which are...
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