A transitional population of migrating mesenchymal cells that derive from somites and that will become muscle cells. [ AEO:0001018 ]
Synonyms: myomeres
Term information
- SCTID:344535001
- EHDAA2_RETIRED:0003431
- UMLS:C1513802 (ncithesaurus:Myotome_Region)
- XAO:0000315
- BTO:0000742
- VHOG:0001244
- EHDAA:1727
- NCIT:C34214
- EMAPA:32841
- EHDAA:1733
- EHDAA:1739
- TAO:0001056
- EHDAA:1721
- FMA:295658
- Wikipedia:Myotome
- AAO:0011067
- AEO:0001018
- ZFA:0001056
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Portion of the somites giving rise to body wall muscle masses. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]
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]
The term 'myotome' is also used to describe the muscles served by a single nerve root / spinal segment - consider adding new class, myomere.