Medical Term:
myotome
Pronunciation: mī′ō-tōm
Definition:
- A knife for dividing muscle.
- In embryos, that part of the somite that develops into skeletal muscle.
- All muscles derived from one somite and innervated by one segmental spinal nerve.
- In primitive vertebrates, the muscular part of a metamere.
Synonym(s): muscle plate
[myo- + G. tomos, a cut]
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