Identify the function of sarcoplasm present inside the muscle fiber.

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The sarcoplasm in muscle is comparable to the cytoplasm in other cells. Sarcoplasm is a semifluid substance in muscle (non-contractile muscle cell fluid) that contains primarily myosin and actin myofibrils but also large amounts of glycosomes (organelles that store glycogen and enzymes) and myoglobin (the oxygen-binding protein in muscle).

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