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myofibril
[ mahy-uh-fahy-bruhl, -fib-ruhl ]
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Origin of myofibril1
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Our bodies rebuild these tears by adding either sarcomeres, which are fibrous proteins inside muscle cells, or myofibrils—chains of rod-like units also in muscle cells that give them their striped appearance.
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