Myoblast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Myoblast is a noun meaning An undifferentiated stem cell that develops into muscle tissue.
Meaning
An undifferentiated stem cell that develops into muscle tissue.
Example Sentences
It is the deeper parts of such cells which give rise to delicate muscular fibres or networks of fibres, while the superficially placed body of the cell (myoblast), the part which produces the above, performs other functions, and usually bears a cilium.
Word Forms
- myoblasts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include myoball, myosatellite, myosphere, myopericyte, mesentoblast, myofibroblast.
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