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MeSH Heading: Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle
Tree Number(s): A11.872.620.500.700
Unique ID: D032496
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032496
Scope Note: Elongated, spindle-shaped, quiescent myoblasts lying in close contact with adult skeletal muscle. They are thought to play a role in muscle repair and regeneration.
Entry Term(s): Muscle Satellite Cells; Myosatellite Cells; Satellite Cells, Myogenic; Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cell; Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells
Previous Indexing: Muscles/cytology (1965-1994); Muscle, Skeletal/cytology (1994-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2022/05/23

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0400630
Scope Note: Elongated, spindle-shaped, quiescent myoblasts lying in close contact with adult skeletal muscle. They are thought to play a role in muscle repair and regeneration.
Terms: Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle Preferred Term
Term UI T464656
Date10/04/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cell
Term UI T000997331
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Muscle Satellite Cells
Term UI T001119733
Date04/11/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Myosatellite Cells
Term UI T001119734
Date04/11/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells
Term UI T464657
Date10/04/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Satellite Cells, Myogenic
Term UI T464658
Date10/04/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003)

Satellite Cells, Skeletal Muscle MeSH Descriptor Data 2025