Crossword-Solution: MYOSIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Myosin | n. | An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma. |
Anagrams
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| MYOSIN | anagram | SIMONY |
We have 5 clues for the answer “MYOSIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Common muscle protein | 1 answer |
| Muscle-contraction protein | 1 answer |
| MYOFIBRILS (of muscle cells), filament type of the | 2 answers |
| MYOFILAMENT, type of | 2 answers |
| Muscle protein | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with MYOSIN (5)
THE YOKES OF EGGS GROUP IV Proteids Albumen (white of egg) Gluten (grains) Myosin (lean meat) Carbon Oxygen Hydrogen Nitrogen Phosphorus Sulphur Producers of Heat and Energy; Building Materials for Cells and Tissues CEREALS: The outer, dark parts of wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, and rice.
The pemmican we used consisted of powdered dried beef (containing the important protein, myosin) and 50 per cent.
Myosin, is practically insoluble in both hot and cold water, though somewhat soluble in a salt solution.
Even though the meat has been cooked so as to extract its juices, there still remains practically all of the myosin, and this is a valuable constituent.
The chief proteins are: First, the albuminoids, which are represented by the albumin in eggs, the casein in milk and cheese, the myosin of muscle and the gluten of wheat.
Quotes with MYOSIN (2)
Two chemicals called actin and myosin evolved eons ago to allow the muscles in insect wings to contract and relax. Thus, insects learned to fly. When one of those paired molecules are absent, wings will grow but they cannot flap and are therefore useless. Today, the same two proteins are responsible for the beating of the human heart, and when one is absent, the person’s heartbeat is inefficient and weak, ultimately leading to heart failure. Again, science marvels at the way …
The myosin in our own skeletal muscles is more closely related to the myosin driving the flight muscles of that irritating housefly buzzing around your head than it is to the myosin in the muscles of your own sphincters
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1998–2011).