myotome

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.