Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Large, multinucleate single cells, either cylindrical or prismatic in shape, that form the basic unit of SKELETAL MUSCLE. They consist of MYOFIBRILS enclosed within and attached to the SARCOLEMMA. They are derived from the fusion of skeletal myoblasts (MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL) into a syncytium, followed by differentiation.
Year introduced: 2009 (1995)
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Tree Number(s): A10.690.552.500.500, A11.620.249
MeSH Unique ID: D018485
Entry Terms:
- Fiber, Skeletal Muscle
- Fibers, Skeletal Muscle
- Muscle Fiber, Skeletal
- Skeletal Muscle Fiber
- Myocytes, Skeletal
- Myocyte, Skeletal
- Skeletal Myocyte
- Myotubes
- Myotube
- Skeletal Muscle Fibers
- Skeletal Myocytes
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