Definition of "muscle cell" []

• An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "For example, I am looking at a particular body muscle cell called MSpappppa, which is a sibling of another body muscle cell, first cousin of two more body muscle cells, first cousin once removed of two more body muscle cells, second cousin of six pharynx cells, third cousin of seventeen pharynx cells . . . and so on."
• "The signaling nerve’s neurotransmitters, upon binding to a muscle fiber, stimulate calcium ion channels in the muscle cell membrane to open."
• "I am now looking at a particular body muscle cell, whose name, Cappppv, succinctly discloses its history: C had an anterior daughter, which had a posterior daughter, which had a posterior daughter, which had a posterior daughter, which had a posterior daughter, which had a ventral daughter, which is the body muscle cell in question."