| Term: | cardiac muscle H zone |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | cardiac muscle |
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| Definition: | Muscle composed of cardiac muscle cells that is part of the heart. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005280] |
| Name: | H zone |
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| Synonyms: | H band, H disc |
| Definition: | A relatively pale zone traversing the center of the A band of a sarcomere, visible in relaxed muscle fibers; consists of the central portion of thick (myosin) filaments that are not overlapped by thin (actin) filaments. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0031673] QuickGO AmiGO |