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myotome
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myotome /myo·tome/ (mi´o-tōm)
1. an instrument for performing myotomy.
2. the muscle plate or portion of a somite that develops into noncardiac striated muscle.
3. a group of muscles innervated from a single spinal segment.myotom´ic

my·o·tome (m-tm)
n.
1. The segment of a somite in a vertebrate embryo that differentiates into skeletal muscle. Also called muscle plate.
2. A muscle or group of muscles derived from one somite and innervated by a single segment of a spinal nerve.
3. A knife for dividing muscle.

myotome
[mī′ətōm]
Etymology: Gk, mys + temnein, to cut
1 also called myomere. the muscle plate of an embryonic somite that develops into a voluntary muscle.
2 a group of muscles innervated by a single spinal segment.
3 an instrument for cutting or dissecting a muscle.

myotome [mi´o-tōm]
1. an instrument for dividing muscles.
2. the muscle plate or portion of a somite that develops into voluntary muscle.
3. a group of muscles innervated from a single spinal nerve. adj., adj myotom´ic.

myotome (mīˈ··tīm),
n the collection of all muscles sharing a block of mesodermal tissue as their origin and innervated by a single spinal nerve segment.

myotome
1. an instrument for dividing muscles.
2. the muscle plate or portion of a somite that develops into voluntary muscle.
3. a group of muscles innervated from a single spinal nerve.


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