Myoblast
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A '''myoblast''' is a type of [[stem cell]] that exists in [[muscle]]s.
Skeletal [[muscle fiber]]s are made when myoblasts fuse together; muscle fibers therefore have multiple nuclei.
Myoblasts that do not form muscle fibers [[Cellular differentiation|differentiate]] into [[satellite cell]]s. These satellite cells remain adjacent to a muscle fiber, separated only by its cell membrane and by the [[endomysium]] (the connective tissue investment that divides the muscle fascicles into individual fibers).
==See also==
* [[myocyte]]
==External links==
* {{MeshNumber|A11.635|Myoblasts}}
{{Muscle tissue}}
[[Category:Non-terminally differentiated (blast) cells]]
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