Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sarcolemma"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sarcolemma
n : an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance
of a muscle fiber


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