Myotome

[maiәutәu]

(n.) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.

(n.) One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves.

(n.) The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.

Typist: Louis