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.
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my·o·tome
(mī'ō-tōm), 1. A knife for dividing muscle.
2. In embryos, that part of the somite that develops into skeletal muscle. Synonym(s):
muscle plate 3. All muscles derived from one somite and innervated by one segmental spinal nerve.
4. In primitive vertebrates, the muscular part of a metamere. Synonym(s):
myomere [myo- + G. tomos, a cut]
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myotome
(mī′ə-tōm′)n.1. A segmental mass of mesoderm in a vertebrate embryo that differentiates into skeletal muscle.
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 during surgery.
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my·o·tome
(mī'ō-tōm) 1. A knife for dividing muscle.
2. In embryos, that part of the somite that develops into skeletal muscle.
Synonym(s):
muscle plate.
3. All muscles derived from one somite and innervated by one segmental spinal nerve.
4. In primitive vertebrates, the muscular part of a metamere.
Synonym(s):
myomere.
[myo- + G. tomos, a cut]
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myotome
a muscle block that is repeated in each METAMERIC SEGMENT. Segmentation becomes much modified in the head region, and where paired limbs are developed.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005