Noun: sarcostyle
- One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fibre
"sarcostyles are responsible for the striated appearance of skeletal and cardiac muscle";
- myofibril, myofibrilla [rare]
Derived forms: sarcostyles
Type of: fibril, filament, strand
Part of: striated muscle cell, striated muscle fiber [US], striated muscle fibre [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Sarcostyle