Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terminal cisterna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: ter-mi-nal -cis-ter-na
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the areas of the sarcoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle cells, surrounding T tubules, that are able to store calcium and release it when an action potential courses down the T tubules.

Inflected Forms

terminal cisternae (plural)

Questions

What does terminal cisterna mean?: One of the areas of the sarcoplasmic reticulum of striated muscle cells, surrounding T tubules, that are able to store calcium and release it when an action potential courses down the T tubules.

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