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myotome
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A transitional population of migrating mesenchymal cells that derive from somites and that will become muscle cells. [ ]
Term info
Label
myotome
Synonyms
- myomeres
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray65.png
editor note
The term 'myotome' is also used to describe the muscles served by a single nerve root / spinal segment - consider adding new class, myomere.
external definition
Portion of the somites giving rise to body wall muscle masses. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
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uberon
has related synonym
myotome region, muscle plate, myomere, myotomus, myotomes
homology notes
In all vertebrates, the skeletal muscle of the body axis is chiefly derived from an early embryonic compartment, known as the myotome.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0003082