Mastering A&P with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Human Anatomy (9th Edition)
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Chapter 9, Problem 8RFT
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Skeletal muscles consist of cells that are multinucleated. At the time of development, the group of embryonic cells known as myoblasts comes together in order to form single skeletal muscle fibers.
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Mastering A&P with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Human Anatomy (9th Edition)
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