| Term Name: | skeletal muscle satellite cell |
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| Definition: | An elongated, spindle-shaped, cell that is located between the basal lamina and the plasmalemma of a muscle fiber. These cells are mostly quiescent, but upon activation they divide to produce cells that generate new muscle fibers. |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0000594] |