Video - Development of the muscular system

Development of the muscular system starts at around week d of gestation. The muscular system begins with the formation of muscle cells called myoblasts. Myoblasts originate from the mesoderm and fuse together to form long and multinucleated fibers called muscle fibers. Muscle fibers are attached by collagenous connective tissues, and the entire muscle is enclosed in a fibrous capsule. All skeletal and cardiac muscles and most smooth muscles arise from mesoderm cells, except pupillary muscles and the sweat and mammary glands, which arise from ectoderm.