Term: slow muscle cell muscle cell development
Note: This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name.
Name: slow muscle cell
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: muscle cell development
Synonyms: muscle fiber development, muscle fibre development, myofiber development, myofibre development
Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a muscle cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Muscle cell development does not include the steps involved in committing an unspecified cell to the muscle cell fate.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0055001]    QuickGO    AmiGO