Sarcolemma

Sarcolemma
Sarcolemma Sar`co*lem"ma, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ? rind, skin.] (Anat.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma. [1913 Webster]

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