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myotome

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A transitional population of migrating mesenchymal cells that derive from somites and that will become muscle cells. [ AEO:0001018 ]

Synonyms: myomeres

Term info

database cross reference
  • EHDAA:1721
  • TAO:0001056
  • FMA:295658
  • AEO:0001018
  • VHOG:0001244
  • Wikipedia:Myotome
  • UMLS:C1513802 (ncithesaurus:Myotome_Region)
  • EMAPA:32841
  • EHDAA:1739
  • EHDAA:1727
  • ZFA:0001056
  • AAO:0011067
  • XAO:0000315
  • EHDAA2_RETIRED:0003431
  • EHDAA:1733
  • BTO:0000742
  • SCTID:344535001
  • NCIT:C34214
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
myomeres [ TAO:0001056 ]

UBPROP 0000001

Portion of the somites giving rise to body wall muscle masses. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000003

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]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray65.png

editor note

The term 'myotome' is also used to describe the muscles served by a single nerve root / spinal segment - consider adding new class, myomere.

has related synonym

myotome region, muscle plate, myomere, myotomes, myotomus

id

UBERON:0003082

prefLabel

myotome