| Name: | slow muscle cell |
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| Synonyms: | red muscle cell, slow muscle fiber |
| Definition: | A muscle cell that is small, darkly colored, with high lipid and mitochondrial content. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009116] |
| Name: | skeletal muscle fiber development |
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| Synonyms: | skeletal muscle fibre development, skeletal myofiber development, skeletal myofibre development |
| Definition: | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the skeletal muscle fiber over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Muscle fibers are formed by the maturation of myotubes. They can be classed as slow, intermediate/fast or fast. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0048741] QuickGO AmiGO |