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myotome - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'myotome' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Myotome [ n.]
- A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.
- One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves.
- The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.