A logitudinal sheet of continuous connective tissue partition developing at the apex of the chevron-shaped myotome and separating dorsal (epaxial) and ventral (hypaxial) body wall muscle masses; each is destined to become, respectively, the epaxial and hyopaxial musculature. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ZFA:0000671 ]
Synonyms: horizontal myoseptum
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Term relations
- septum
- adjacent to some epaxial myotome region
- part of some musculature of body
- composed primarily of some connective tissue
- adjacent to some hypaxial myotome region