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| Keywords: Human skeletal muscle tissue 2 - TEM.jpg Transmission electron microscope image of a thin longitudinal section cut through an area of human skeletal muscle tissue Image shows several myofibrils each with distinct banding pattern of individual sarcomeres Image of muscle sarcomeres shows distinct banding pattern the darker bands are called A bands the A band includes a lighter central zone called the H band and the lighter bands are called I bands Each I band is bisected by a dark transverse line called the Z-line Paired mitochondria are on either side of the electron opaque Z-line The Z-Line marks the longitudinal extent of a sarcomere unit JEOL 100CX TEM http //remf dartmouth edu/imagesindex html http //remf dartmouth edu/images/humanMuscleTEM/source/3 html Louisa Howard PD Louisa Howard Cell biology Sarcomeres | ||||
