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Dense bodies

Dense bodies

(Science: cell biology) areas of electron density associated with the thin filaments in smooth muscle cells. Some are associated with the plasma membrane, others are cytoplasmic.


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... and it holds more when cold. Oxygen also diffuses slowly through bodies of water, so there's no clear depth distribution (it's higher right ... over": as oxygen-rich surface water cools, it becomes more dense and sinks; deeper water replaces it, picks up oxygen from the air, ...

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