See Also: Striated muscle(medicine)
striated(dictionary)
striated(dictionary)
Striated(medicine)
striated border(medicine)
striated duct(medicine)
striated membrane(medicine)
striated muscular sphincter(medicine)
androgen(dictionary)
androgen(encyclopedia)

Androgen ablation (health) and Striated muscle (medicine)


Androgen ablation (health)


Treatment designed to suppress or block the production of male hormones. Androgen suppression can be achieved by surgical removal of the testicles, by taking female sex hormones, or by taking Other drugs called antiandrogens. Also called androgen suppression.





Striated muscle (medicine)


striated muscle
<physiology> Muscle in which the repeating units (sarcomeres) of the contractile myofibrils are arranged in registry throughout the cell, resulting in transverse or oblique striations observable at the level of the light microscope, for example the voluntary (skeletal) and cardiac muscle of vertebrates.