Term Name: muscle organ development
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Definition: The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the muscle over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The muscle is an organ consisting of a tissue made up of various elongated cells that are specialized to contract and thus to produce movement and mechanical work.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007517]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: muscle organ morphogenesis
is a type of: animal organ development muscle structure development
has subtype: branchiomeric skeletal muscle development chordate pharyngeal muscle development nematode pharyngeal muscle development skeletal muscle organ development visceral muscle development
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of muscle organ development
positively regulated by: positive regulation of muscle organ development
regulated by: regulation of muscle organ development