myotube

myotube
A skeletal muscle fiber formed by the fusion of myoblasts during a developmental stage; a few myofibrils occur at the periphery, and the central core is occupied by nuclei and sarcoplasm so that the fiber has a tubular appearance.

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myo·tube 'mī-ə-.t(y)üb n a developmental stage of a muscle fiber composed of a syncytium formed by fusion of myoblasts

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myo·tube (miґo-tb″) myotubule.

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