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myotome -- Segment of the body formed by a region of muscle. The myotomes are an important feature for recognizing early chordates.
nematocyst -- Older name for a cnidocyst.
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myotome That part of a somite destined to form muscles; the muscle group innervated by a single spinal nerve.
myriapods Members of the four noninsect classes of the subphylum Uniramia. Includes centipedes, millipedes, pauropods, and symphylans.
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Segmented mesodermal blocks located on either side of the developing spinal cord which arise from the dorsal mesoderm. Somites will differentiate into: the sclerotome which forms part of the axial skeleton, the myotome which forms muscle and the ...
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