premuscle

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noun In embryology, dense mesoblastic or mesenchymatous tissue just before its conversion into true muscular tissue.

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The intrinsic muscles of the tongue, the Infrahyoid muscles and the diaphragm are derived from a more or less continuous premuscle mass which extends on each side from the tongue into the lateral region of the upper half of the neck and into it early extend the hypoglossal and branches of the upper cervical nerves.

IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles 1918
The mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve enters this premuscle mass before it splits into the Temporal, Masseter and Pterygoideus.

IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles 1918
Muscles of the Shoulder Girdle and Arm. The Trapezius and Sternocleidomastoideus arise from a common premuscle mass in the occipital region just caudal to the last branchial arch; as the mass increases in size it spreads downward to the shoulder girdle to which it later becomes attached.

IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles 1918
The Latissimus dorsi and Teres major are associated in their origin from the premuscle sheath of the arm as are also the two Pectoral muscles when the arm bud lies in the lower cervical region.

IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles 1918
The Levator scapulæ, Serratus anterior and the Rhomboids arise from premuscle tissue in the lower cervical region and undergo extensive migration.

IV. Myology. 2. Development of the Muscles 1918