Muscle Fibers, Skeletal [kosterní svalová vlákna]
- Terms
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kosterní myocyty
kosterní svalové vlákno
myotubuly
svalová vlákna kosterní
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Myocytes, Skeletal
Myotubes
Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Skeletal Myocytes
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.
- Annotation
- MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH & MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH are also available
- DUI
- D018485 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0027727
- Previous indexing
- Muscles (1966-1994)
- History note
- 2009 (1995)
- Public note
- 2009; see MUSCLE FIBERS (1995-2008)
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- classification 7
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- cytology 16
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- pathology 32
- PH
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- UL
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