myotome

/ ˈmaɪəˌtəʊm /

noun

1. any segment of embryonic mesoderm that develops into skeletal muscle in the adult
2. any of the segmentally arranged blocks of muscle in lower vertebrates such as fishes

Example Sentences

For each myotome there is a single nerve, which enters, as in the case of other fishes, the intermuscular septum.

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He describes in the dorsal part the formation of myotome and sclerotome, as in the Craniota.

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At first the myotome (Fig. 159, A) is confined to the dorsal region on each side of the spinal cord and notochord.

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The basisphenoid is a little bone above the myotome or tube in which runs the rectus muscle of the eye.

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