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  2. Costamere - Wikipedia

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    The costamere is a structural-functional component of striated muscle cells [1] which connects the sarcomere of the muscle to the cell membrane (i.e. the sarcolemma). [ 2 ] Costameres are sub-sarcolemmal protein assemblies circumferentially aligned in register with the Z-disk of peripheral myofibrils .

  3. Geology of the Appalachians - Wikipedia

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    The US uses the term Appalachian Highlands, and Canada uses the term Appalachian Uplands, to define contiguous regions that have similar geology, topography, history, and native plant and animal communities. (The Appalachian Mountains are not synonymous with the Appalachian Plateau, which is one of the provinces of the Appalachian Highlands).

  4. Sarcomere - Wikipedia

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    A sarcomere (Greek σάρξ sarx "flesh", μέρος meros "part") is the smallest functional unit of striated muscle tissue. [1] It is the repeating unit between two Z-lines. Skeletal muscles are composed of tubular muscle cells (called muscle fibers or myofibers) which are formed during embryonic myogenesis.

  5. Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians - Wikipedia

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    Valley and Ridge province as part of the Appalachian Highlands division, based on the U.S. Geological Survey physiographic classification. The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands division.

  6. Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    For instance, parts of Alabama and Mississippi were included in the commission because of problems with unemployment and poverty similar to those in Appalachia proper, and the ARC region extends into the Northeastern states, which are not traditionally considered part of Appalachia culturally (though a "northern Appalachia" identity has emerged ...

  7. JD Vance's Appalachia controversy explained - AOL

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    The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of several other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Georgia, North and ...

  8. In the heart of Appalachia, a distant cousin of JD Vance ...

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    The Appalachian region is made up of 13 states, including parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. West Virginia — where Terra Vance was born and raised ...

  9. Piedmont (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Piedmont region in the Appalachian Highlands. The Piedmont (/ ˈ p iː d m ɒ n t / PEED-mont) [1] is a plateau region located in the Eastern United States.It is situated between the Atlantic Plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the south.