Myotome vs. Dermatome

Myotomenoun

In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of tissues formed from any particular one of the somites that develop into the body wall muscle. myomere.

Myotomenoun

In neurology, a group of muscles innervated from a particular spinal segment; the division of innervation reflects the embryology of the various somites. Compare: dermatome.

Myotomenoun

A surgical instrument for performing myotomy.

Myotomenoun

A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.

Myotome

A myotome is the group of muscles that a single spinal nerve innervates. Similarly a dermatome is an area of skin that a single nerve innervates.

Dermatomenoun

An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting

Dermatomenoun

An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root. Compare: myotome.

Dermatomenoun

The cutis plate.

Dermatomenoun

a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin