myotuben.
/ˈmʌɪə(ʊ)tjuːb/, /ˈmʌɪə(ʊ)tʃuːb/, U.S. /ˈmaɪoʊˌt(j)ub/ Physiology.
A cylindrical syncytial cell that develops from myoblasts during the formation of a muscle fibre.
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brawnc1325
mow1490
muscle1710
muscle cell1840
myosin1866
muscle-box1874
fibre-cell1878
myoblast1884
muscle-case1885
inogen1889
muscle casket1890
sarcomere1891
myofibril1898
myoplasm1907
myofibrilla1913
myotube1933
myofilament1949
myofibre1965
1933 M. Fernán-Núñez tr. S. Ramón y Cajal Histol. xvi. 280 The ensemble finally represents tubes of contractile material filled with the protoplasm and nuclei (myotubes of Tello).
1960 L. Picken Organization of Cells vii. 295 From the seventh day after their appearance, the myotubes begin to multiply by longitudinal fission.
1973 Nature 3 Aug. 253/3 From the fourth to the sixth day of incubation, motor nerve fibres invade the limb-bud muscles [of the chick embryo], and the first myotubes appear.
1991 Acta Neuropathologica 81 514/2 The necrotized muscle fibers were phagocytized and removed, and satellite cells then grew up into myoblasts, forming myotubes by fusing with one another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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