Heuser, John (2021). CIL:10954, skeletal muscle cell. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0V986V1

Quick-frozen deep-etched preparation of skeletal muscle tissue shows the muscle fiber and associated extracellular components. The basement membrane (labeled basal lamina) lies adjacent to the undulating sarcolemma. Myofilaments of the muscle fiber are composed of actin and myosin filaments. Image by J. Heuser, Figure 30 from Chapter 1 (The Cell Surface) of 'The Cell, 2nd Ed.' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. A PDF copy of the accompanying chapter is available on the ASCB's BioEDUCATE website.

• 2021

• Heuser, John

Preparation: freeze_fracture/freeze_etch
Relation to intact cell: isolated subcellular component
Item type: transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Imaging mode: illumination by electrons; detection of electrons
Parameter imaged: electron density
Source of contrast: differences in deposition of metal shadow
Visualization methods: shadowing and plating
Data qualification: Processed

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 10550

• Basement membrane
• Extracellular region part
• Plasma membrane
• Skeletal muscle cell
• Striated muscle myosin thick filament
• Striated muscle thin filament

• Basement membrane organization
• Plasma membrane organization

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 10954

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0V986V1

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL10954

Other resource

• Fawcett, Don W. "The Cell." 2nd ed., W.B. Saunders, 1981, ISBN 0721635849. https://www.ascb.org/career-development/teaching/don-fawcetts-the-cell/

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2022-08-12