Mesh term Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Browse to parent terms:Muscle Cells
Muscle, Skeletal
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch
Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch
Myofibrils
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
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