Dense bodies - Citizendia

Dense bodies can refer to:

granules in blood platelets
electron-dense portions of smooth muscle which thin filaments(actin and tropomyosin namely) bind. Platelets, or Thrombocytes, are small cytoplasmic bodies derived from cells They circulate in the Blood of Mammals and are involved Smooth muscle is a type of non- Striated muscle, found within the Tunica media layer of large and small Arteries and Veins, the bladder Actin is a globular roughly 42-kDa Protein found in all eukaryotic cells (except for Nematode sperm where it may be present at concentrations of Tropomyosin is an actin-binding protein that regulates actin mechanics

External links

b_17zPzhtm#12190824/{{{2}}} at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
dense+bodies at eMedicine Dictionary

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