筋きん繊せん維い

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Meanings

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noun

muscle fiber

Anatomical term for the elongated cells that make up skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscle tissue.

筋きん繊せん維いは収しゅう縮しゅくすることで力ちからを生うみ出だす。

Muscle fibers generate force by contracting.

速そっ筋きん繊せん維いと遅ち筋きん繊せん維いでは特とく性せいが異ことなる。

Fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibers have different characteristics.

Kanji

筋muscle, sinew, tendon
繊slender, fine, thin kimono
維fiber, tie, rope
線line, track

Related words

筋きん肉にく
筋肉 is the general term for muscle as a tissue or organ, while 筋繊維 refers specifically to the individual cellular fibers that compose muscle.
筋きん細さい胞ぼう
筋細胞 (muscle cell) is a broader term; 筋繊維 emphasizes the elongated, fiber-like structure of muscle cells.

Built from

筋きん+繊せん維い

Written forms

筋きん繊せん維い
Standard kanji spelling for muscle fiber, using 繊維 (fiber).
筋きん線せん維い
Variant spelling using 線維 (fiber), also seen in medical contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 筋 (muscle) and 繊維 (fiber). The kanji 繊維 is a standard Sino-Japanese word for fiber; the variant 線維 uses a different character for 'fiber' that is also common in medical terminology.