English Explanatory Dictionary

terminal cisterna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the areas of the sarcoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle cells, surrounding T tubules, that are able to store calcium and release it when an action potential courses down the T tubules.

Word forms

terminal cisterna terminal cisternae
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