Medical Definition of Muscle plate
1.
A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.
One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves.
The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.
See: Myotomy.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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