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Cells > Muscle Cells

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Muscle Cells  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mature Muscle Cell
  • Mature Muscle Cells
  • Muscle Cell, Mature
  • Muscle Cells, Mature
  • Myocyte
  • Myocytes

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Scope note

  • Mature contractile cells, commonly known as myocytes, that form one of three kinds of muscle. The three types of muscle cells are skeletal (MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL), cardiac (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC), and smooth (MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE). They are derived from embryonic (precursor) muscle cells called MYOBLASTS.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D032342

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