Cell Component
sarcolemma Audio
sar·co·lem·ma [ sahr-kuh-lem-uh ]
Subclass of:
Plasma membrane
Etymology:
Greek sarx (sarco-) = flesh + lemma = sheath or husk
Definitions related to sarcolemma:
  • A membrane that covers the muscle fiber and ties the end of it to a tendon.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Delicate plasma membrane which invests every striated muscle fiber.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The cell membrane of a muscle cell. It is comprised of a plasma membrane coated with collagen fibers embedded in a layer of polysaccharides.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The excitable plasma membrane of a muscle cell. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The outer membrane of a muscle cell, consisting of the plasma membrane, a covering basement membrane (about 100 nm thick and sometimes common to more than one fiber), and the associated loose network of collagen fibers.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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