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Sarcolemma, sarcoplasm and sarcoplasmic reticulum refer to particular type of cell in our body. Which is the cell and to what parts of that cell do these names refer to ?

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There parts belongs to the muscle fibre, which is lined by the plasma membrane called sarcolemma. Muscle fibre is a syncitium because sarcoplasm (the cytoplasm) of muscle fibre contains number of nuclei and sarcoplasmic reticulum is the endoplasmic reticulum of the muscle fibre and is the store house of calcium ions.


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