Term Name: skeletal muscle hypertrophy
Synonyms:
Definition: The enlargement or overgrowth of all or part of an organ due to an increase in size (not length) of individual muscle fibers without cell division. In the case of skeletal muscle cells this happens due to the additional synthesis of sarcomeric proteins and assembly of myofibrils.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0014734]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: skeletal muscle adaptation striated muscle hypertrophy
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy
positively regulated by: positive regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy
regulated by: regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy