Muscle cell
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muscle-cell-175-1792145
title:
Muscle cell
text:
A muscle cell, also known as a myocyte, is a mature contractile cell in the muscle of an animal. In humans and other vertebrates there are three types: skeletal, smooth, and cardiac (cardiomyocytes). A skeletal muscle cell is long and threadlike with many nuclei and is called a muscle fiber. Muscle cells develop from embryonic precursor cells called myoblasts. Skeletal muscle cells form by fusion of myoblasts to produce multinucleated cells (syncytia) in a process known as myogenesis. Skeletal m
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wiki
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description:
Type of cell found in muscle tissue
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_cell
date created:
2004-04-02T13:15:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T02:19:28Z
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