myotome in English
noun
1
the dorsal part of each somite in a vertebrate embryo, giving rise to the skeletal musculature.
Each somite pair corresponds to a myotome in vertebrates or to an adult segment in annelids and arthropods.
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1. Abaxial myotome: ventrolateral myoblasts that are farther away from the neural tube and respond instead to signals from the adjacent lateral plate mesoderm and ectoderm to give rise to a migratory population of muscle precursors that stream out into the body wall and limbs