"Muscle Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D032342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.620
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Cells- Muscle Cells
- Muscle Cell
- Myocytes
- Myocyte
- Muscle Cells, Mature
- Mature Muscle Cell
- Mature Muscle Cells
- Muscle Cell, Mature
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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