Term: myotome striated muscle cell differentiation
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Name: myotome
Synonyms: myomeres
Definition: Muscle that develops from somite and gives rise to body wall muscle masses.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001056]
Name: striated muscle cell differentiation
Synonyms: voluntary muscle cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a striated muscle cell; striated muscle fibers are divided by transverse bands into striations, and cardiac and voluntary muscle are types of striated muscle.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0051146]    QuickGO    AmiGO