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Skeletal Muscle Enlargement MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Skeletal Muscle Enlargement
Tree Number(s)
G07.345.500.325.377.625.590.500
G11.427.578.590.500
Unique ID
D000084062
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000084062
Scope Note
An increase in SKELETAL MUSCLE mass in normal muscle development. In human adults it results primarily from an increase in the size of SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBERS unlike in muscle hyperplasia where an increase in the number of skeletal muscle fibers is a major factor.
Previous Indexing
Hypertrophy (1969-2020)
Muscle Development (1969-2020)
See Also
Hyperplasia
Hypertrophy
Muscle, Skeletal
Public MeSH Note
2021
History Note
2021
Date Established
2021/01/01
Date of Entry
2020/07/07
Revision Date
2020/05/27
Skeletal Muscle Enlargement Preferred
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