Myotubes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004296",
  "term": "Myotubes",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "skeletal muscle fibers",
    "skeletal myocytes"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "myocytes",
    "myofibrils"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "miotubos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/myotubes/"
}