myotome

A transitional population of migrating mesenchymal cells that derive from somites and that will become muscle cells. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the myotome is

A transitional population of migrating mesenchymal cells that derive from somites and that will become muscle cells. The atlas records it as a region at the region scale in the human body.

Where the myotome is

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What the myotome connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. a kind of developing anatomical structure.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the myotome. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as myomeres, muscle plate, myomere, myotome region, myotomes and myotomus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0003082, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• A kind of: developing anatomical structure.
• Develops from: dermomyotome and somite.
• develops into: skeletal muscle organ, vertebrate and skeletal muscle tissue.
• contributes to morphology of: muscle organ.

Questions

Where is the myotome?

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What does the myotome connect to?

A kind of: developing anatomical structure.

Is the myotome the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.