Radiation Biology Ontology

Last uploaded: March 6, 2025
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000746
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000746
Preferred Name

cardiac muscle cell

Definitions
Cardiac muscle cells are striated muscle cells that are responsible for heart contraction. In mammals, the contractile fiber resembles those of skeletal muscle but are only one third as large in diameter, are richer in sarcoplasm, and contain centrally located instead of peripheral nuclei. This class encompasses the muscle cells responsible for heart* contraction in both vertebrates and arthropods. The ultrastucture of a wide range of arthropod heart cells has been examined including spiders, horseshoe crabs, crustaceans (see Sherman, 1973 and refs therein) and insects (see Lehmacher et al (2012) and refs therein). According to these refs, the cells participating in heart contraction in all cases are transversely striated. Insects hearts additionally contain ostial cells, also transversely striated muscle cells, but which do not participate in heart contraction.
Synonyms
cardiocyte
cardiac muscle fiber
cardiac myocyte
cardiomyocyte
heart muscle cell
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
Delete Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display
  • Problem retrieving properties:

Notes

Filter:
Add NCBO Web Widgets to your site for RBO
Widget type Widget demonstration
Jump To

Type a class name from RBO and jump to it in BioPortal

Get code
Form Autocomplete

Fill your form fields with classes from RBO

Get code
Example 1 (start typing the class name to get its full URI)

Example 2 (get the ID for a class)

Example 3 (get the preferred name for a class)
Visualization

Display a visualization for a given class in RBO

Get code
Tree Widget

Display a class tree with a search field for RBO

Get code