Skeletal Muscle Fiber

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• red muscle fiber (slow fiber, type 1 fiber)
• white muscle fiber (fast fiber, type 2 fiber)

Introduction

• Multinucleated contractile muscle cells.

* Size: < 10 um - 100 um in diameter 
*       < 1 mM - several cM in length

• Fibers consist of sarcoplasm & cross striated myofibrils.
• Skeletal muscle fibers may be red, white or intermediate.

More General Terms

• anatomic structure

Additional Terms

• skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
2. Kimura T. Composition of psoas major muscle fibers compared among humans, orangutans, and monkeys. Z Morphol Anthropol. 2002 Mar;83(2-3):305-14. PMID: [1]

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