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Muscle fiber Moderate

Muscle fiber has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body

2

A single cell of a muscle; each muscle fiber contains many myofibrils, the contractile unit of muscles.

See Also
myoblastoma merrf syndrome neomyofiber myocyte myofiber action potential unit muscle fibers
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fiber somatic cell
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
striated muscle cell smooth muscle cell
Rhyming Words
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