fibril /fi·bril/ (fi´bril) a minute fiber or filament.fibril´larfib´rillary
fibril
collagen fibrils delicate fibrils of collagen in connective tissue, composed of molecules of tropocollagen aggregated in linear array. 
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Type I collagen fibril (A); it is composed of unit fibrils, here shown negatively stained (B). The unit fibrils themselves comprise tropocollagen molecules in regular staggered arrays (C, D).
dentinal fibrils component fibrils of the dentinal matrix.
muscle fibril myofibril.
fi·bril (f  br l, f brl) or fi·bril·la (f-brl)n. A minute fiber. |
fibril
[fī′bril]
Etymology: L, fibrilla, small fiber
a small filamentous fiber that often is a component of a cell, as in a mitotic spindle or a myofibril. fibrillary, adj.
fibril
a minute fiber or filament.
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