noun
- A segment of muscle tissue in fish and other vertebrates, separated from adjacent segments by connective tissue.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The fish's body is composed of repeating myomeres that allow for efficient swimming.
- Each myomere in the larval fish develops from a somite during embryonic growth.
- The arrangement of myomeres gives fish their characteristic segmented muscle structure.
- Myomeres are separated by sheets of connective tissue called myosepta.
- Scientists study myomere development to understand vertebrate muscle evolution.