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Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Cells > Muscle Cells > Muscle Fibers, Skeletal

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Muscle Fibers, Skeletal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Myocyte, Skeletal
  • Myocytes, Skeletal
  • Myotube
  • Myotubes
  • Skeletal Muscle Fibers
  • Skeletal Myocyte
  • Skeletal Myocytes

Note

  • MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH & MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH are also available

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2009 (1995)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018485

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