Name: | skeletal muscle |
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Definition: | Muscle, composed of long cylindrical, multinucleated cells that attaches to the skeleton via tendons. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005277] |
Name: | action potential |
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Definition: | A process in which membrane potential cycles through a depolarizing spike, triggered in response to depolarization above some threshold, followed by repolarization. This cycle is driven by the flow of ions through various voltage gated channels with different thresholds and ion specificities. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0001508] QuickGO AmiGO |