Tags: Anatomical Structure, Embryology.

A myotome is the group of muscles that a single spinal nerve root innervates. Similarly a dermatome (anatomy) is an area of skin that a single nerve innervates. In vertebrate embryonic development a myotome is a group of tissues formed from somites. These somites develop into the body wall muscle.

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