Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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I band

a light band on each side of the Z line of striated muscle fibers, comprising a region of the sarcomere where thin (actin) filaments are not overlapped by thick (myosin) filaments.

Synonym(s): I disc, isotropic disc




 

 

 

 

 

 



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