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Muscle Fibers
Myocytes, Skeletal | Myotubes | Skeletal Myocytes | Fibers, Muscle | Myocyte, Skeletal | Myotube | Skeletal Myocyte
Large, multinucleate single cells, either cylindrical or prismatic in shape, that form the basic unit of skeletal muscle tissue. They consist of a soft contractile substance enclosed in a tubular sheath. They are derived from the fusion of skeletal myoblasts (MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL) into a syncytium, followed by differentiation. |
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