MUSCLE CELL
\mˈʌsə͡l sˈɛl], \mˈʌsəl sˈɛl], \m_ˈʌ_s_əl s_ˈɛ_l]\
Definitions of MUSCLE CELL
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By Princeton University
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One of the cellular elements of muscular tissue characterized by possessing the power of contractility. Muscle cells are of three varieties: the skeletal or voluntary cell, which is striated longitudinally and transversely, and is multinuclear; the cardiac cell, which is similarly striated, but is involuntary and mononuclear; the smooth or involuntary muscle cell.
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