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Muscle Satellite Cell Electron Micrograph

Transverse section of a skeletal muscle fiber from the rat sartorius (courtesy of Dr. G. Palade).

• apposing plasma membranes of the satellite cell (sp) and the muscle cell (mp) are seen at the inner border of the satellite cell.
• basement membrane (bm) can be seen extending over the "gap" between the plasma membrane of the muscle cell and the satellite cell.

Methacrylate embedding. Stained with PbOH. X 22,000.

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