myotome

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noun

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

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Transverse section of a human embryo of fourteen days. mr medullary tube, ch chorda. vu umbilical vein, mt myotome, mp middle plate, ug prorenal duct, lh body-cavity, e ectoderm, bh ventral skin, hf skin-fibre layer, df gut-fibre layer.

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myosotis myotomy

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