Slow-Twitch Muscle Fiber

Preferred Label : Slow-Twitch Muscle Fiber;

NCIt synonyms : Type I Skeletal Muscle Fiber; Muscle Fibers Slow-Twitch; Muscle Fiber, Slow-Twitch; Type I Muscle Fiber;

NCIt definition : A skeletal muscle fiber that utilizes aerobic respiration to fuel muscle contraction. Slow twitch muscle fibers, which have a high concentration of myoglobin and mitochondrial oxidative enzymes, are resistant to fatigue.;

Details

Origin ID

C12614;

UMLS CUI

C0242874;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Red muscle cell [FMA entity]
- Skeletal muscle fiber, type I (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Type 1 muscle cell [FMA entity]
- skeletal muscle fiber, type i [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- muscle fibers, Slow-Twitch [MeSH concept]
- muscle fibers, slow-twitch [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Skeletal muscle fiber, type I (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Type 1 muscle cell [FMA entity]
- muscle fibers, Slow-Twitch [MeSH concept]
- muscle fibers, slow-twitch [MeSH Descriptor]
- skeletal muscle fiber, type i [SNOMED Notion]
- slow muscle tissue [UBERON concept]

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